How Linux saved my life
Have you ever been in a situation where you realised the frailty of your own existence? It happened to me. I sat thinking this is the end of the line but how little did I realise that I had a saviour alongside me in the form of the free open source operating system called Linux.
You may find my story remarkable; you may find it unbelievable. Nevertheless, I assure you that Linux is true and I ask you suspend your disbelief until the end.
It began on a warm summery day. As I tended to my own business musing over the morning’s mail my attention was alerted to the black vehicle hurtling towards me. I instinctively leapt from the place where I was standing as this metallic monster halted with the combination of a screech and the demolition of my letterbox. Was this how Linux saved me, I hear you ask? No, for I leapt. Were you not paying attention?
No, this was merely the opening event for the performance which lay ahead. The driver and his passengers – well, I say ‘his’ but I have no means of understanding the gender as you shall see – stepped out. Aghast, my eyes fell upon the creatures I saw. Pale as ghosts and with faces of beasts and fowls no less than 15 strange and wonderful beings now lined the path in front of me.
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