Oh Linux, How Do I Love Thee? | Linux Today

Oh Linux, How Do I Love Thee?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 6, 2008

“Way number 1: You breathe new life into old hardware. They
should age PCs in dog years. Here’s a trusted dog year calendar
that helped me better determine the age of my Laptop. My three-year
old laptop is going on 25 dog years now, and Windows is like the
Army, and 25 year old recruits are starting to get too old to put
on the front lines. The average Windows PC lasts three to four
years, which at best, would give my laptop a little less than a
year to accept its demise. Thanks to you, my laptop should get at
least another three years in it, three years of happy blissful
churning away of bits and bytes…”

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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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