Ilwrath wrote:
Man... I tell you what.... I finally got sick of the daily battle against spyware and went with RedHat 9 on my main PC. I can't say it's been totally painless but then you add in having to keep it from phoning home all the damn time... It just isn't worth it... ;-) I'll put up with technical glitches, but when I have to fight my OS over politics, I draw the line. Make mine "Free as in speech," please. I've had enough financial and moral bankruptcy for a while.
I have a new server on the desk. Well half a server, I'm still building the thing. I fought with windows long enough I tossed it and installed SuES Linux 8.2. Yes, I have a steep learning curve ahead of me, but I feel cleaner and freer about a computer than I have since I hammered Amigastine back into existence. Free as speech sounds like music to my ears.
I *will not* pay the Microsoft tax ever again.
I *will not* buy from any dealer that forces me to pay for an OS I do not want and do not need.