i guess i can share some experience....

1) You do not need to reboot frequently..... 2) While using Xwindow you get 4 Desktops whereas in windows you get only one. 3) Free Support from mailing lists. 4) You get to know more about your hardware.... 5) Better Internet Connectivity.... 6) Better Hardware Detection with Redhat 7.1 (my experience) 7) Better Sound Quality if the Sound Card is supported.

regards lilo ----- Original Message ----- From: Aarjav Trivedi aarjavt@yahoo.com To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 5:51 PM Subject: [ILUG-BOM] suggestions for linux workshop

hello guys

We have an ieee tech workshop in my college in October. I want to do a Linux workshop. While one of the things it would include is Linux installation, that is a little bit commonplace, i need your suggestions for

1. How to make the workshop interesting for newbies (Most wouldnt know any thing about Linux)

2. Which are the places where Linux can outdo Windows,

   more precisely how do i answer the question "Why is Linux better than Windows for me ?" when

asked by an average joe who probably can get a pirated Windows CD as easily as a free Linux CD and who probably doesnt care about 99.99% uptime except that he doesnt like the frequent crashes on his windows machine.

theres still time for the worskshop, its in october so do drop in suggestions even if they strike u after a few days.

thanks bye aarjav

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Sometime today, Aarjav Trivedi wrote:

2. Which are the places where Linux can outdo Windows,

For the average joe,

Speed - Programs on Linux seem to run faster than their Windows counterparts.

Stability - Your computer won't "crash" on you just when you're almost done typing that important document. [Win2k is stable.]

Variety - You can choose from several of the Linux's, Linux-based web browsers, email clients, word processors, etc. On Windows, you don't have as much choice, hence you're stuck with IE, OE, Word, etc.

Community - Linux has a small but friendly user community that will be ready to help you out with your needs. Can't say that about Windows.

Price - Linux is almost free-of-cost. It's better than your usual pirated copy of Windows.

Also, you can show aj a demo of KDE 2 or Ximian GNOME. That should be enough to lure anyone, my guess.

DON'T tell aj about the command line, pipes, fifos, POSIX compliance, the UNIX philosophy, mail/news/web servers, etc. You'll scare him away.

Manish J.