[ Thanks to Marcel
Gagné for this link. ]
“Sure, Linux makes a great gift; but how is it ‘the gift that
keeps on giving’? When it comes to Linux, this statement isn’t just
a sales line–it’s actually true. Give Linux and you automatically
make it possible for others to do the same. Welcome back, everyone,
to my holiday wishlist here at Santa Tux’s Corner.“In Part 1 of Santa Tux’s Corner, I suggested that you could
help bring about the day when the Blue Screen of Death and complex
EULAs nothing more than a bad memory. By knowing the joys of
running Linux, I suggested that you could help bring that day a
little closer. In doing so, you can make someone’s holiday
celebration a little brighter by giving the gift of Linux this
holiday season.“Consider what a Linux distribution provides as a gift: a
powerful operating system with a full featured office suite,
contact managers, planning tools, internet applications, multimedia
programs, lots of great games and more! When you stop to think
about it, that’s quite the gift. Best of all, it doesn’t have to
cost you any more than a few blank CDs and some time with your CD
burner. The worst that can happen is the very presence of that
Linux CD will prove to be a temptation the receivers cannot
permanently avoid. They’ll install Linux, the memory of ‘this
program has performed an illegal operation and will shut down your
whole system’ will fade from their minds and you will be a
hero/heroine. If you need further convincing, read the previous
column…”