I just had a reminder about the new world I live in. The other morning, I wanted to look at somebody's myspace to see if the person i saw at the drum circle the other night was this guy that used to date this girl i knew. Since they have a baby together, I figured he might be on her friends list. When i clicked on her friend list, a pop up appeared reading "your computer is infected with spyware."
And you know what? I could give two flying shits. On my lap top, I don't have to worry in the least about spyware, viruses, trojans, or worms. I run linux. And soon enough, I'll have the system simplified enough that I can run it on my desktop without Patty suffering any unecessary transitional pain.
One of the selling points of linux systems is that it's free. Not as in free beer - although it didn't cost me a dime - free as in free speech. there is no drm, no user agreements limiting how and where i get to use my programs, etc. But how is this for freedom:
Two months ago, I had two choices in operating systems. There was windows, with all its bugs - and mac, with compatibility issues and pricey equipment to buy. Today, I can choose between Ubuntu, OpenSuse, Mandriva, and countless other operating systems (i use Ubuntu). I can run a desktop called gnome that is easier than mac os to learn, a desktop called kde that is more customizable than windows, and a desktop called xfce that is so fast on my computer it's sick. I can run all three on the same computer.
And then there's the free programs - free as in free beer. A free multitrack recorder, a free sequencer, a free drum machine, a free notation writer . . . several 3d animators, a 2d animator, a free photo editor that rivals photoshop, and the list goes on (free molecule map generator, free algebra equation generator, etc etc etc)
so fuck windows.
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