Why I Am Not A "Linux Advocate"
At first, you might mistake me for a "Linux advocate". I'm running a site about Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), of which Linux is counted as an example. I certainly bring up Linux and the programs that run on it a lot.
Yet my purpose here is actually not advocacy for a particular system. In the first place, I do cover BSD, Solaris, and other FOSS systems also. Many of what will run on one runs on the other. In the second place, to tie my "loyalty" to Linux would be just as bad as to tie it to a proprietary system. No matter how well Linux does now, there's no saying that it couldn't be corrupted to something worse later. I examine Linux (and all FOSS) with the same critical eye I would proprietary software. I have used Linux for ten years and have it installed on four machines and have sampled dozens of distros; and even then, it's still on probation. To do otherwise would be to stop treating technology like technology and treat it like a religion.
My purpose here is only to empower my readers. Here, I say, you can do nifty things with your computer, too. Let me show you how. No, don't listen to the trolls telling you that you're too stupid, that it's too difficult, that it's not user-friendly enough. I'm showing you how. I serve up a side of commentary on geek culture and FOSS community, but that's just side commentary. My main message is that I got this far in life just by reading and figuring things out on my own, and you can too.
Because we need more people who can do that.
Have you noticed how much technology writing there is out there that revolves around insulting the blazes out of you, the readers?
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