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Microsoft Free, One Year Later
madgreek writes "Last year I wrote of my switch from XP to Ubuntu at work. Now a year later, I am back to reflect on one year of being extremely productive at work using (almost) nothing but open source software in a Microsoft world."
... a computer.
Film at 11.
Help poke pirates in the eyepatch, arr.
Protip: You're not the first person to use linux for a whole year.
*Gasp*
With a dignity I hope that I have a tenth of when I die, Linux users and Linux developers have fought, and some died defending the vision of Linux and the FSF to preserve a future where some of us still do control how our computers are used.
I didn't realize that free software was such a dangerous thing to get into? Did someone overdose on pizza and coke while kernel debugging late one night or something???
These posts express my own personal views, not those of my employer
Always an XKCD for every occasion.
I'll keep that in mind for the next time my girlfriend have a "headache".
"I have downloaded hundreds and hundreds of records, why would I care if somebody downloads ours?" Robin Pecknold
What you wrote is totally amazing.
Although I have to ask, would you be kind enough to share what you're smoking?
It might have to do something with the fact that I am a non-native speaker of the language but I read the title thrice...
/sharonstone> I kid.
Was it:
1. Microsoft Free (a year ago Microsoft was released from prison after making a deal with DA which included the real scoop behind flying chairs)
2. Microsoft Free as in Pick Your Free Tibet Joke
From the article, towards the end he mentions he uses XP and enjoys it as well but also mentions All I can say is that for the last year, I have been using Open Source exclusively and I am loving it!...
Quick, someone hire him?
From the private journal of madgreek:
... Just six more hours... Maybe I can pass the time by playing a fun, modern (and by "modern" I mean something slightly newer than nethack) game on my Linux bo- Uh.. Nevermind. I'll just talk to Eliza in emacs until this cruel, horrible torture is over.
Day 365, "Microsoft-Free":
I'm so glad this sham is over. I can't *wait* to get back to using a fully-featured OS with productivity applications capable of handling actual, real-life, grownup business needs.
Oh, and I can't wait until I don't have to f-ing hack my own drivers for new "cutting-edge" (and by "cutting-edge" I mean 2-year-old, in common use my the majority of PC users) hardware.
To be honest, I actually didn't even *use* Linux except to boot, start a VM, and run Windows to actually get the Grown-Up Work done for the last nine months.
Linux Free, One Year Later and post it to /., do you think it would be posted?
Wooh, this is news.
Next week, how I used Macs since 2003 at work.
What a revolution !
KDE vs. Gnome, Terminal vs. GUI, Vi vs. Emacs, ... and now Kivio vs. Dia! Nice!
Persian Project Management Software as a Service
Kivio is clearly better.
Bill... Is that you???
So, when Dell et al take Windows, plus lots of shitty, trial-ware, bloated userland applications running at startup it's called a Windows distribution!
Infra-Recorder,however, is the awesome. I high recommend it to all my friends who are still using legacy operating systems like windows.