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5 things Microsoft Windows users do not know about Ubuntu Linux and its users.
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| Fact 1
| The users of Ubuntu are to a certain extent, the owners of the OS. Everyone
| can participate in the development of the OS irrespective of their technical
| skills. They determine what goes into the development of the OS and have a
| lot of say in the kind of functions that the OS comes out with. They can
| choose to overwhelmingly reject something and the developers would have no
| choice than to obey. I doubt if Windows users can boast of this level of
| ownership and control over Windows.
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| Fact 2
| Ubuntu users have the right to distribute the OS to as many people as they
| like without fear of attracting a lawsuit from Canonical or anyone for that
| matter.
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http://sinaisix.blogspot.com/2009/08/5-things-microsoft-windows-users-do-not.html
Recent:
Another Linux Myth Killed In Broad Daylight
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| Several more Linux myths have been diagnosed with a terminal illness. The
| TOYA Boys will grieve plenty in the following months.
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http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2009/07/another-linux-myth-killed-in-broad.html
Linux, FOSS, and the Time-Honored Tradition of Charging More for Less
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| There is something fundamentally defective with a business that feels it
| can't survive by giving customers a fair deal. Stick with FOSS. What you see
| is what you get, warts, roses, everything, with no place to hide tricksy
| dealings or dishonesty.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-07-10-025-35-OP-CY
Anti-Linux Perspectives and How You Could Deal with Them
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| For the last one: Being a Linux user is not like getting into a religion or
| cult. It might feel like it to some who hear so many talks about the
| philosophy of Linux and free and open source software. Maybe itâs time to
| balance it out by showing how the community interacts. If youâre active in
| the Linux community maybe you could introduce your friend/colleague to other
| Linux users locally just so your friend knows who else are using Linux and
| what they think about it personally. Itâs not just all about the intellectual
| stuff, after all.
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http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/anti-linux-perspectives-and-how-you-could-deal-with-them/
Linux Myth: No Simple, Easy Database Software
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| OpenOffice.org Base is just this sort of software. I have recently
| been âplayingâ with the OpenOffice.org Base software on my GNU/Linux desktop
| PC and have found it very easy to get started with. In fact, I have created
| some test databases, deleted them and started over a few times to get
| familiar with the basics of Base. My experience just using trial and error
| has shown me that Base is simple and easy for a database novice like myself.
| I am so confident it is simple and easy I have made a video of my creation of
| a database to store information about my CD collection. See the bottom of
| this article to download the video.
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http://blog.eracc.com/2009/05/21/linux-myth-no-simple-easy-database-software/
The Myth of the Freeloading User
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| As I started to give him directions, I looked down at the package he held,
| curiosity getting the better of me. Among all of the official print and
| biohazard warnings, were the words "Live Animals: Leeches." Given that I was
| sitting in the lobby of a moden health care facility in the early part of the
| 21st Century, this was a delivery I certainly wasn't expecting.
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| Since then, I have learned that, indeed, leeches are often used in medical
| techniques, particularly where surgeons and physicians need a patent's blood
| to not clot. They provide a natural, low-impact method to prevent
| coalguation... so even if the "ick" factor is really high, leeches still have
| a valued use in today's medicine.
|
| It's with this bit of knowledge that I approach the whole "leeches" in open
| source meme that's been floating around of late.
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http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/blog-entry/the-myth-freeloading-user
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