“Hellend hits it right on the head: While there’s a whole lot
right with open-source software, specifically the Linux operating
system and the wildly popular (in an obscure, cultish kind of way)
Ubuntu distribution, there’s quite a bit that’s not so right and
needs both minor and major improvement before a free, open-source,
Unix-based operating environment can really challenge Windows and
Macintosh for significant share on the desktops of non-geeks and
geeks alike.“My reasons for running FOSS (free, open-source software)
operating systems and applications are many, the chief among them
being that I’m able to install many different
distributions/projects/applications on as many different pieces of
hardware as I please with the consent of those who produce that
software in a fully open and collaborative way.”
The Ubuntu obsession of Tanner Helland
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