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[News] Linux: Your Computer, Your Media, Your Property

Whose property is at risk?

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| As soon as I close that window, there's a notification that the
| anti-virus subscription that came with the computer has expired, and do
| I want to renew it? I put it off another day, meanwhile wondering whether
| I should get anti-spyware, anti-worm and anti-trojan software. That can
| cause me to forget why I turned on the computer in the first place.
| 
| And if that doesn't make me forget, often there's a message from
| Microsoft about new security updates that I need to install immediately.
| 
| [...]
| 
| All this makes me glad that I use a Linux box most of the time, since it
| just lets me go to work. Turn it on, log in, and there aren't any notices.
| 
| But the vast majority of people use nothing but Windows, and its
| aggravations make me wonder whether the term "personal computer" is
| obsolete, since our computers seem to be less "personal" these days and
| more the agents of distant strangers.
| 
| [...]
| 
| How foolish was I. Thanks to the valiant efforts of Hollywood lobbyists
| and associated campaign contributors, our computers don't just play DVDs
| the way they can just play CDs. You have to buy extra software to make
| it happen with Windows. And it appears to be a violation of federal
| law to play a DVD on a Linux machine.
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