{"id":2697,"date":"2013-04-16T21:14:52","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T02:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2697"},"modified":"2013-04-16T21:14:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T02:14:53","slug":"switch-to-linux-if-windows-8-is-a-hassle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2013\/04\/16\/switch-to-linux-if-windows-8-is-a-hassle","title":{"rendered":"Switch to Linux if Windows 8 is a hassle"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/b168cb16-a511-11e2-a94c-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2QgIbkRQx\">Retreat in sales of PCs turns into rout &#8211; FT.com<\/a>: <em>&#8220;\u2018At the beginning, retailers don\u2019t know how to explain it to customers,\u2019 says Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner. \u2018Marketing the new [operating system] to consumers takes extra effort.\u2019&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, skip Windows 8 altogether and just switch to Linux. 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