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Rudela: Free Software: A Personal Confession

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 18, 2005

[ Thanks to Rudd-O
DragonFear
for this link. ]

“I have a confession to make.

“I have been using Linux since 1997.

“It’s sort of a confession because, to most people I know, using
Linux daily seems crazy. They ask me how I play games. I seldom do,
but those infrequent times I feel like playing, I either play my
games in Linux or sneak into Windows 98. They ask me how I browse
the Internet, write letters, calculate in spreadsheets. To me,
those questions border on the ridiculous…”

Complete
Story

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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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