The other day this guy that lives with me was idleing around the house since he was formating his pc. He’s 100% windows user, has heard of linux, never seen it, doesn’t even use firefox. He asked me “Do you have any recommendations for me?” Obviously, I said “Install an anti-virus and a firewall before connecting to the internet, and while you’re at it, install ubuntu” and I laughed. It was half a joke, but he was actually curious because I have a very good looking desktop, mind you. After talking to him, I organized some ideas. He wanted to know what’s in it for him. I mean, this guy plays a lots of windows games, why do a dual boot? Isn’t linux for geeks?

1. Free Software makes your life simpler and more efficient
Free software means a lot of things. It comes down to saying that source code is available for download free of charge, but this has a lot of implications and consequences. For people who don’t give a shit and just want to use computers, it means that their life is easier.

1.1 Free Software means centralized distribution

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