Bye, Ma!
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| This is a story of leaving home. I am saying good-bye to Ma Microsoft
| on my desktop, installing Ubuntu on my PC instead of Windows.
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| Ubuntu has greatly simplified the installation of Linux. Gone are
| all the questions about the refresh rate of your monitor, the
| chipset of your graphics card, the size and number of your swap
| disk and other questions that left me scratching my head when
| I installed Linux in the past. It detected all my hardware, and
| it got and installed the right drivers. Amazing!
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http://keystoneisit.blogspot.com/2007/01/bye-ma.html
Related:
Linux: Ubuntu Founder On Microsoft "Challenge"
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| Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth talks why it may finally be time for
| Linux to out-innovate Apple and Microsoft on the desktop.
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http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=20495&hed=Linux%3A+Ubuntu+Founder+On+Microsoft+%E2%80%9CChallenge%E2%80%9D+
At least 8 Million Ubuntu users, according to the above.
Mark Shuttleworth: Linux is the Future (Interview)
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| Microsoft is trying to control Linux with various license restrictions.
| I don't think there won?t be a positive outcome from this and once
| day the Microsoft-Novell union will collapse. Every day interest to
| Linux is growing, that is very good. And as I said, all facts and
| events are showing that Linux is the operating system of the Future.
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http://www.youtux.org/content/view/186/2/
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