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Open Source and Free Software

hunter

(39,698 posts)

12. Debian and its full kit of open source applications is so damned easy to install and update.

Reply to ballreward (Original post)

Mon Jan 2, 2012, 07:18 PM

Jan 2012

Build or refurbish a machine, install Debian, done. I can do it as many times as I want to on as many machines as I have. All the drivers and big apps are included, free, from a single repository.

Building legal (or even illegal...) machines using Windows is no fun.

Dealing with "Product activation keys," "registrations," and all that crap is miserable work. I won't do it unless someone pays me.

I should have to put up with this:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Activating-Windows-frequently-asked-questions

Seriously???

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What caused you to consider using linux or other Open Source Software on your Computer? [View all] ballreward Dec 2011 OP

several... nebenaube Dec 2011 #1

I had a Linux machine running for a several years, but never switched.. tridim Dec 2011 #2

MS update KB951748 pokerfan Dec 2011 #3

It's free and there are good distros available that really work well struggle4progress Dec 2011 #4

I go back a bit farther than you do, but machines get obsolete very quickly and Linux runs on them. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #5

I was and experienced Unix user/admin before I ever touched a PC SnowCritter Dec 2011 #6

+1. bemildred Dec 2011 #9

My first home computer was an iMac SecularMotion Dec 2011 #7

It's one hell of a lot cheaper and it wastes less of my time. nt bemildred Dec 2011 #8

blue screens and error messages sodium Dec 2011 #10

Friend at University was using slackware PowerToThePeople Dec 2011 #11

Debian and its full kit of open source applications is so damned easy to install and update. hunter Jan 2012 #12

Three main reasons MichaelMcGuire Jan 2012 #13

Basic human decency. 2ndAmForComputers Jan 2012 #14

My computer crashed A777 Jan 2012 #15