How to Quit Windows and Cope with Windows Withdrawal Syndrome | Linux Today

How to Quit Windows and Cope with Windows Withdrawal Syndrome

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 25, 2007

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“At the time when GNU/Linux was in its infancy and slowly
growing, Microsoft intelligently and silently crept into our home
computers. They launched consecutive series of successful Windows
Operating Systems, sidelining other operating systems available at
that time, and took over all market share.

“This got us hooked on use Windows Operating Systems
persistently despite the fact that most of the time Windows failed
us in many ways, such as repeated crashes, security flaws, viruses,
spyware, trojans and hacker attacks. But we happily continued
paying Microsoft for Windows as we had no other working alternative
at hand…”

Complete
Story

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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