00:00 Going Linux #181 Avoiding Windows 8

00:15 Introduction

00:47 Avoiding Windows 8

02:08 Soon you will have no option but Windows 8 on new computers

02:52 Windows 8 testers can't figure out how to use it

04:34 Microsoft removes bypass of Metro interface

06:11 Why use an operating system already predected to be a flop?

06:56 Why use an operating system with a 31% chance of getting infected?

08:08 There are no Linux viruses in the wild

09:30 Market share: Windows 92% Mac 7% Linux 1%

10:03 You are 3 1/2 times more likely to find a computer user with an infected Windows computer, than to find one running a Mac or Linux

11:34 Linux market share is growing

12:48 Windows 8 represents a growth opportunity for Linux

13:31 How to avoid having to us an OS with bad reviews and a 1 in 3 guarantee of getting infected

15:55 Microsoft slams the door on developers, developers, developers!

16:59 "Let technology work for you, not the other way around!" Knightwise

18:06 You can afford a super computer if you use Linux

19:42 Prevent problems: Don't run applications from Microsoft or designed for the Microsoft OS... ever!

21:12 Ease into Linux: 12 Cross-platform applications you can use today that work exactly the same on Linux

25:16 Save this podcast

26:25 Microsoft Linux

27:18 Software pick: Calibre

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29:28 End