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M$ Wants You To Use GNU/Linux

Published by Robert Pogson February 12th, 2010 in technology. 2 Comments

A recent update from M$ is causing BSODs on the re-re-reboot. Sigh. They have made their system so complex even they cannot fix it. It seems like they want you to use GNU/Linux where the modularity of the package management systems and clear rules about what files a package can affect make it much less likely that such problems could occur and if they should happen, the problems can be fixed quickly and transparently. When you try to obfuscate your code, you become the bottleneck.

Use Debian GNU/Linux to escape this mess, particularly if you are running a second-class OS from M$, XP or a netbook. Do you really want to wait until your OEM gets the fix from M$ and finds a way to get it to you for your netbook? Don’t be a second class user of a PC. Go first class with GNU/Linux.

We know how it works. M$’s biggest competitor is XP. They need you to pay for a new release to keep the cash coming in. All is fair in their world, including making life difficult for those who cling to XP. When you get fed up with XP, get off the treadmill. Go to the light. Go to GNU/Linux. see http://www.debian.org.

- Robert Pogson

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.