Five things to know when you switch to Linux
If you have just installed GNU/Linux on your computer, and have only ever used Windows before, here are five things you need to know to get going rapidly.
#1: App-searching is a pleasure, or:
How to install and uninstall programs
On Windows, you were probably used to find a given program on the Internet, download a setup.exe file, and then install the program in something like
C:/Program files/.
Things are very different on GNU/Linux.
On most main distributions, finding, downloading, installing and uninstalling applications is done with one single add/remove program.
Within this program, a wealth of useful, free and gratis software has been listed, sorted and described for you. You need only select/deselect the programs you wish to install/uninstall, and apply your changes. The download and set-up will be done automatically.
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