How to Make People Love Linux

I wrote this for Linux Journal — but it’s something that I’m pretty passionate about, so I’m reposting here:

There are two kinds of Linux people in the world, those that will help people fix their Windows spyware problems, and those that will not. I land squarely in the former camp, and I think that it’s important for us all to consider doing the same.

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This entry was written by Shawn Powers, posted on April 30, 2008 at 5:31 pm, filed under General Thoughts. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

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  1. Monochrome Rainbows
    Posted April 30, 2008 at 10:04 pm | Permalink
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    I think a lot of IT folks, even ones with good hearts forget the ideas your talking about sometimes.

  2. Tania
    Posted May 1, 2008 at 12:06 am | Permalink
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    Dang it Shawn. I bet that when you’re asked how to do something, you never look at the person asking, shake your head, and mutter “RTFM”, do you?

    You’re too nice, buddy. Just too nice.

  3. Tania
    Posted May 1, 2008 at 12:12 am | Permalink
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    Btw, I mean that in a good way. I gave my once and future SysAdmin an RTFM bumper sticker, and he adored it. Now he just reminds how I run an inferior OS, and I genuflect before his mighty superiority.

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