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dēcīdere: Cutting Off Windows

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 7, 2006

[ Thanks to Milton for this link.
]

“The English word ‘Decide’ comes from the Latin word ‘decidere’
which literally means ‘to cut off’… and that’s exactly what I’ve
done with Window$!

“Like something out of an AA meeting I’ll start with: It’s been
3 months since my last Windows boot up. June this year I made a
final decision to do away with Windows and switch over to
Linux–Ubuntu Linux that is. And to be honest with you, the
deciding factor to make the move was Novell’s Xgl-Compiz…”

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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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