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On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 22:22, omjn wrote:
> I've tried in the past to get all advocacy with linux and switch friends

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> and family to use it, mainly because I believe in the politics of FOSS,

> but ultimately they stick with windows precisely, as has been stated

> here, because it works out of the box.

Linux has worked better for me than Windows "out of the box" on my home

built boxen.  Plus, most distros have the software that I use most

included.
I was drawn to Linux (in 1999) by my searching for help getting Windows

to work as I thought it should (it keeps changing things on it's own

without me changing any configurations that I am aware of).  I could

find help on setting up Linux, it was free, so I said, "why not?"
Comparing the high cost of the Windows OS plus the cost of the needed

software to get anything done to the open source Linux for free and a

little time to configure, it made sense for me.
I do use Windows XP, but only to play games now.  All my computing WORK

is now done in Linux.
--

Phil

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