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- When contemplating a hardware purchase, ask the vendor about
Linux support and other user's experiences with the product
in a Linux environment.
- Consider supporting vendors that sell Linux based products and
services. Encourage them to have their product listed in the
Linux Commercial HOWTO.
- Support vendors that donate a portion of their income to
organizations such as the
Free Software Foundation,
the
Linux Development Grant Fund,
the
XFree86 Project
or
Software in the Public Interest.
If possible, make a personal donation to these or
other organizations that support
open-source software.
Don't forget that some employers offer a matching
gift program program.
- If you need an application that is not supported on
Linux, contact the vendor and request a native Linux version.
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Tar
Tape Archive, a Tape Archive is a program that joins together a series of files into one large file. Commonly used with the gzip utility to compress the resulting file, it's the standard way of distributing source code. Such archives typically have a .tar.gz or .tgz extension.
Common Linux terms
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