A Linux that works

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 12, 2010

“Back in June I told you about my decision to make a serious
change in my computing life: moving from the Macintosh operating
system to Linux. As I’ll describe below, after a false start my
migration is now proceeding well.

“My decision to switch didn’t reflect any major unhappiness with
the Mac OS, which I still consider the class in the desktop/laptop
market. Rather, it reflected my problems with Apple.

“Specifically, I was concerned because of the implications of
the company’s huge success with the iOS family of products — the
iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch — and its smothering control of the
ecosystem around those products.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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