Abstract:
Linux is nourishi ng in our society since its
declaration as o f f ici al OS of Pakistan . The g overnment o f
Pakistan has launched different training programs ; hence a
r ow of Linux is on . Every one is trying to get h i s hands on
Linux from the perspective o f securing his or her future
and to make it brighter.
But Linux is very vast unlike Windows. It consists of
very large number of featu res and facilities provided by
many experts , as every one knows it is open s ource and can
be downloaded freely from the Internet. Due t o which its
complexity is sky high and is still increasing.
The manual of Windows are very much user fr iendly but
that of Linux are for professionals and also Windows is
having its offices for helping t he users but t hat o f Linux
is not so . People need help and need to contact the
regional office , which in case of windows is e asie r than
that of Linux.
The main objective of this is to help new users get
acquainted with Linux very easily and to get t hemselves
started with it easily without facing much trouble s . Also
it is a try to provide users brief and user- friendly help
manual to assist them to enter the sea of Linux .
From the research it is concluded that Linux is very
mature as compared to Windows . It is now very well
competing with Windows in all business and market domai ns .
It is gaining popularity in PC users also . But it is f or
experts and it is for ISPs in Pakistan usual ly . Users do
not know even basics of Linux and are facing problems in
getting started with Linux . It is because of the help is
also not user fri endly but for the experts . So, new u sers
are facing many obstacles to start their career in Linux .
Linux vendors or government of Pakistan should take
such steps , which can help users to learn Linux basics in a
user- friendly manner and not going in the beginning into
its depth and suffoca te . Beginners don ' t require much of
the technical ity but a boost to start working in Linux. In
windows it ' s very easy for new users to start with but
Linux is always equipped with technical details not
required in the start. So, easy to use help must be
provided to achieve the objectives of more market share in
the PC users market . When the PC users will start using
Linux the vendors of different sorts of hardware wil l also
release Linux drivers for their market to flourish more .
