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China Urges XP Users to Choose Linux

posted by n1 on Thursday May 15 2014, @09:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the yes...-it's-the-year-of-the-chinese-linux-desktop dept.

Anonymous Coward writes:

China is one of the countries where Windows XP continues to be one of the leading platforms, with some stats pointing towards a 70 percent market share owned by the OS version launched by Microsoft in 2001.

From Ecns.cn:

China's Ministry of Industry and Information of Technology (MIIT) urged Windows XP users in China to switch to domestically made computer operating systems, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Saturday.

The local government has apparently found a solution to move users off Windows XP by developing its own Linux-based alternative which would not only be offered with a freeware license, but also work on low-spec PCs, such as the ones that are currently powered by XP.

Work on this new Linux-based OS has already been started, with local authorities hoping that Windows XP users would actually give it a chance and abandon their existing operating systems that are more or less open to attacks.

It remains to be seen how many people are actually prepared to give up on Windows.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by WizardFusion on Thursday May 15 2014, @02:28PM

    by WizardFusion (498) on Thursday May 15 2014, @02:28PM (#43739) Journal

    As a Windows user and Windows system admin for the last 15+ years, my main issue with Linux is the choice. I know choice is good, but in the Linux world there is too much choice and little information about them for the novice Linux user.

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  • (Score: 2) by emg on Thursday May 15 2014, @04:21PM

    by emg (3464) on Thursday May 15 2014, @04:21PM (#43804)

    Unlike the Windows world, where there are only about thirty different operating system variants with four (or is it five? I've lost count) different user interfaces.

    Not to mention that everyone who doesn't know what they're doing and just buys 'something with Windows' ends up with Windows 8 and hates it.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 15 2014, @07:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 15 2014, @07:32PM (#43908)

    too much choice
    You must have a really difficult time when you walk into a shoe store.
    **Oh, no. Look at all the styles and colors and sizes.**

    ...meanwhile, there's the EoL'd M$ stuff that people STILL use at home.
    3.x, 95, 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP

    ...and there's the stuff that M$ calls "supported".[2]
    Visduh, 7, 8, 8.1 (Oh, wait; that's already been declared obsolete), 8.2

    ...then there's Starter+Home.Basic+Home.Premium+Professional+Enter ise+Ultimate [google.com]

    ...and finally we could get into all the MICROS~1 **server** OSes (with some of those EoL'd but still used).

    Now, what were you saying about "too many"?
    It's just silly that people still trot out this nonsensical FUD.

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    little information about them for the novice
    What did you do when you were getting started with Windoze and you encountered a pebble in your path?
    Of course, you ASKED someone. [google.com]

    Can we stop with the silly canards?

    -- gewg_

  • (Score: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Wednesday May 21 2014, @12:33AM

    by Yog-Yogguth (1862) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 21 2014, @12:33AM (#45761) Journal

    Yeah? I'm telling you to install Linux Mint 16 with Mate >:P

    See wasn't that the easiest choice you've made? Choice is only there if you want it :3 Otherwise just listen to me, always, because I decide so :)

    Doing it isn't too hard either (given a little patience if someone is completely inexperienced with computers):
    1. Have empty USB thumb drive, go to http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2493 [linuxmint.com] and and choose torrent or mirror to get .iso file, if in doubt choose 32 bit version. Download it! Install to USB thumb drive like this http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/744 [linuxmint.com]
    2. Plug USB into target computer
    3. Turn target computer on
    4. Run it and do some ordinary stuff like web browsing before you decide to install
    5. Double-click the install icon right on the Mint desktop (you can install alongside Windows or other OSes if you want to as long as you have free space, I do that all the time out of laziness since I'm not short on space and that's even though I only use Linux)
    6. Answer something like six questions (the same as Windows used to ask: time, location, keyboard that kind of stuff, done in minutes and the most time you'll spend is on figuring out computer name and user name and password)
    7. Let it finish installing (same as Windows)
    8. Shut down computer (start menu | quit | shut down)
    9. When prompted remove USB thumbdrive and press Enter
    10. Done! Easier than didgeridoo

    Feel free to genuflect in my general direction (that way ࢑) out of gratitude for how hard other people have worked to make it this easy.

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