Easy access to documents stored on NTFS-format disks will facilitate conversion from NT to Linux. Advanced technical users are already using this update, downloaded from the Internet. Linux is a secure network operating system for demanding users. It interoperates well with a wide variety of other systems. Linux can take advantage of modern PC and PowerMac hardware or give new life to older 486-based computers.
Support is widely available via both traditional contracts and cost-effective Internet groups.
Initial estimates suggest that Linux had 10 to 20 million users at the end of 1998. He and others created Linux as a labor of love, which may account for the superior software quality. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. Inc. NT is a trademark of Northern Telecom Limited.