Ubuntu
November 13, 2008
I am pleased to say that I finally completed the jump into the Free Software universe: I have installed a libre (though it is gratis too) operating system called Ubuntu. It is quite different than Windows though Mac users won't be too surprised by the file system. For example, there is no "Local Disk". It's called "home". This also effects the document's location. In Windows, a document that is located on the desktop might have a location of "C:/Documents and Settings/Jacob/Desktop/foo.doc". In Ubuntu, however, the file would be "/home/jacob/Desktop/foo.doc".
Unfortunately, I cannot completely move over to Ubuntu yet. I have hundreds of documents stored on my Windows that have to be moved over. I also can only have wireless internet in Windows (
) though I'm working on getting it to work in Ubuntu. I also can't print yet, though I am also working on it. With so much to work on you might wonder why I even moved over? Well, it's an ethical decision. Software should be free to move around and be changed by anyone. Read the wikipedia article for more information about why I, and millions more, have switched.
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