Experiment: a June Without Windows
Two Windows trainers will step into an unfamiliar world without Microsoft starting June 1st. The two bloggers will record their daily experiences with Linux from the perspective of Windows users to document the change-over for the newly converted.
The experiment comes from the semi-private IT oriented blog site Ayetea (pronounced „IT“). The two users have been planning the project for weeks and have just set June 1st as the starting date. Both participants are freelance trainers for Windows applications (such as basics like Microsoft Word). The goal of the undertaking is to test the degree to which Windows users can get accustomed to the functions of Linux. The method is a self-test: the two are Windows addicts and will go cold turkey to Linux for 31 days.
In the course of the experiment, the participants will attempt a variety of tasks they would normally perform using Microsoft products. For example, the complete array of functions and software normally used will be replaced with Open Source Software. Included among these applications are, predictably enough, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Live-Writer, MS Office, and so on. Also, all user files should be made accessible via Linux. The experiment is open to additional lab rats.
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