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Poor documentation heads the list of Linux user woes to date. Here a few other common problem areas.   24 Oct 2017   Jeremy Garcia   Feed   10 up   8 comments Image by :  Internet Archive Book Images . Modified by Opensource.com.  CC BY-SA 4.0 As I discussed in my  2016 Open Source Yearbook  article on  troubleshooting tips for the 5 most common Linux issues , Linux installs and operates as expected for most users, but some inevitably run into problems. How have things changed over the past year in this regard? Once again, I posted the question to LinuxQuestions.org and on social media, and analyzed LQ posting patterns. Here are the updated results. 1. Documentation Documentation, or lack thereof, was one of the largest pain points this year. Although open source methodology produces superior code, the importance of producing quality documentation has only recently come to the foref...

It's time for a change. By   David Nield   posted  Oct 20th, 2017 at 9:30am   Let Ubuntu, an easy-to-use version of Linux, run your computer. Ubuntu When you start comparing computers, you probably pit  Windows  against  macOS —but Linux rarely gets a mention. Still, this lesser-known operating system has a strong and loyal following. That's because it offers a number of advantages over its competitors. Whether you're completely new to Linux or have dabbled with it once or twice already, we want you to consider running it on your next laptop or desktop—or alongside your existing operating system. Read on to decide if it's time to make the switch. What is Linux? If you're already familiar with Linux, you can skip this section. For everyone else, Linux is a free open-source operating system, which means the code is available for anyone to explore. Technically speaking, the term "Linux" refers to just the...

Jack Wallen Thursday 12:00pm Filed to:  LINUX 39.4K 81 3 YouTube/World Top Best What operating system do you use? For some, that question may as well be posed in Latin or Sanskrit. For others, it’s an invitation to have a heated debate about the benefits of GUI vs. command line, modern day UI vs. old school metaphor, the pros/cons of Windows 10, LAMP vs. IIS … the list goes on and on. For most, however, the answer will be a variation on Windows or Mac.   But anyone that has used Windows (in any of its incarnations) long enough knows, at some point, frustration will rule the day, and you’ll be working along and, seemingly out of nowhere, Windows will decide to apply updates and restart, putting your work at risk while you go through the lengthy process of applying updates and rebooting. Or what about the inevitable virus or malware? You spend precious dollars on antivirus software or, worst case scenar...