Linux Journal: Santa Tux’s Corner: The Gift of Linux, Part 1

“Hello, everyone, and welcome to my holiday wishlist here at
Santa Tux’s Corner. With all the news about the rapid adoption of
Linux in the enterprise, I’m starting to feel all warm and fuzzy
inside. Linux has won in the server world, and sysadmins everywhere
are breathing a sigh of relief as those many lost hours of
rebooting servers running that other OS take on the look and feel
of a distant memory.

“Can Linux banish the Blue Screen of Death to its rightful place
as nothing but a bad memory? With every passing day, it seems more
likely. You, my friends, know the joys of running Linux and can
help bring that day a little closer. In doing so, you can make
someone’s holiday celebrations a little brighter. This holiday
season, give the gift of Linux.

“Really. I’m serious.

“If this seems like a strange idea, think of it this way: if
someone gave you a powerful operating system, a full featured
office suite, contact managers, planning tools, internet
applications, a bunch of multimedia programs and a whole pile of
cool games, you wouldn’t think it was strange at all. You’d love
it…!”

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