Linked by Gilboa Davara on Thu 30th Jun 2005 12:29 UTC
If you've heard about Linux and feel like giving it a go or if you want to try Linux but you're too afraid it'll shew up your computer, this article is for you. Read it, feel free to take what you need and ignore the rest. This is not a tutorial, it's a README-FIRST-like article. It should help you to take that first dive.
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This is an excelent checklist. I agreee completely with all points. If I should add anything to the list, it would be:
Networking:
Support for wireless cards is rather poor. Make sure your card is compatible and use the latest release of your distribution.
Free formats: Open source software are not always able to handle non-free file formats as expected. Commercial vendors often use closed formats that can't be easily used in a free software environment. While you'll be able to use your Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents out of the box, support for closed media formats such as Mp3, Windows Media, DivX and Quicktime might not be included in your distribution due to legal reasons. Partial support for such formats can be added by you after installation. The Free software environment encourages the use of open formats.
And Free software as a concept is something new users might want to look into for that extra motivation.