A primer on switching from Windows to Linux

November 26, 2008 By Lou Dolinar

What's involved in a switch from Windows to Linux? An editor and a couple of readers posed that question after a recent column I wrote. Given the proliferation of cheap Linux-based "netbooks," it is worth a systematic look.

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