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Advocacy!

From	Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Advocacy!
Date	2016-01-05 12:16 +0100
Organization	albasani.net
Message-ID	<20160105121624.1a73e6a8@maxa-pc> (permalink)

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https://medium.com/backchannel/i-moved-to-linux-and-it-s-even-better-than-i-expected-9f2dcac3f8fb#.4t5j5h8a9
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On a spring day in 2012, I shut down my MacBook Air for the last time. From then on, my primary computing environment — at least on a laptop computer — was GNU/Linux. I was abandoning, as much as possible, the proprietary, control-freakish environments that Apple and Microsoft have increasingly foisted on users of personal computers.

Almost four years later, here I am, writing this piece on a laptop computer running the Linux* operating system and LibreOffice Writer, not on a Mac or Windows machine using Microsoft Word. All is well.

No, better than that — everything’s terrific.

I’d recommend this move to lots of folks — not everyone, by any means,
but to anyone who isn’t afraid to ask some occasional questions, and
especially anyone who gives some thought to the trajectory of
technology and communications in the 21st Century. Most of all, to
people who care about freedom.
"

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Advocacy! Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-05 12:16 +0100
  Re: Advocacy! -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-01-05 04:08 -0800
    Re: Advocacy! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-05 18:41 +0000
      Re: Advocacy! -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-01-05 12:45 -0800
        Re: Advocacy! "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-01-05 15:56 -0500
          Re: Advocacy! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-05 21:47 +0000
            Re: Advocacy! "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-01-05 16:55 -0500
          Re: Advocacy! Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-05 17:35 -0500
        Re: Advocacy! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-05 21:36 +0000
        Re: Advocacy! Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-05 17:31 -0500
  Re: Advocacy! Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-01-05 07:54 -0500
    Re: Advocacy! GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-05 13:58 -0700
  Melzzzzz has been a dumb fuck for a very long time. John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 06:02 -0800
  Re: Advocacy! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-05 09:22 -0500
  Re: Advocacy! Vile Strong <vs@zen.info> - 2016-01-05 14:33 +0000
    Re: Advocacy! John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 06:51 -0800
    Re: Advocacy! GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-05 13:58 -0700
  Re: Advocacy! Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-05 11:07 -0500
    Re: Advocacy! Vile Strong <vs@zen.info> - 2016-01-05 16:36 +0000
      Re: Advocacy! Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-05 12:23 -0500
  Re: Advocacy! Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-01-05 19:30 +0000
    Re: Advocacy! ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 19:36 +0000
      Re: Advocacy! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-05 20:53 -0500
        Re: Advocacy! Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-06 09:28 -0500
          Re: Advocacy! Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2016-01-06 08:51 -0600
      Re: Advocacy! GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-06 13:09 -0700
    Re: Advocacy! vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2016-01-05 21:21 +0000
      Re: Advocacy! -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-01-05 13:30 -0800
        Re: Advocacy! "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-01-05 16:42 -0500
        Re: Advocacy! Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2016-01-05 17:25 -0600
      Re: Advocacy! JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2016-01-05 15:59 -0600
        Re: Advocacy! Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2016-01-05 17:25 -0600
          Re: Advocacy! Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-06 00:27 +0100
            Re: Advocacy! Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2016-01-05 20:51 -0600
              Re: Advocacy! "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-01-06 12:23 -0500
        Re: Advocacy! vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2016-01-05 23:45 +0000
          Re: Advocacy! Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2016-01-05 20:51 -0600
          Re: Advocacy! Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-01-06 08:38 +0000
            Re: Advocacy! vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2016-01-06 10:16 +0000
              Re: Advocacy! Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-01-06 10:33 +0000
                Re: Advocacy! "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-01-06 12:13 -0500
              Re: Advocacy! JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2016-01-06 10:15 -0600
                Re: Advocacy! Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-06 11:53 -0500
                Re: Advocacy! GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-06 13:12 -0700
      Re: Advocacy! Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-05 17:40 -0500
      Re: Advocacy! Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-01-06 08:36 +0000

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