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" And when the time comes to replace the O2 I have today, maybe my next machine will run Linux. "
Time
Machine
Next
" Because, you see, what I want to do is to commoditize the OS. I want to have access to all the applications that I need to do the things that I need to do, regardless. "
You
Want
Things
" I don't get much sense of reward from having discovered how to get the Foo card to coexist with the Bar card. "
How
Much
Reward
" I eat and drink at my desk, but I'm a tidy eater. "
Eat
Eater
Drink
" If you give a hacker a new toy, the first thing he'll do is take it apart to figure out how it works. "
First
Take
You
" I think Linux is a great thing, because Linux is an alternative to Windows, and because, of all the operating systems that are at all relevant today, Unix is the best of a bad lot. "
Today
Great
Think
" I think Linux is a great thing, in the big picture. It's a great hacker's tool, and it has a lot of potential to become something more. "
Potential
Great
Picture
" I use a really simple calendar program on my computer. "
Simple
Really
Computer
" Linux is only free if your time has no value. "
Linux
Free
Only
" Mostly I use the O2 as an X terminal, however, running my apps on Linux and displaying remotely. "
Running
Terminal
Use
" My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others. "
Others
Purpose
Serve
" Nothing stands still. The real question is can you change it? "
You
Real
Question
" Of course, all of the software I write runs on Linux; that's the beauty of standards, and of cross-platform code. I don't have to run your OS, and you don't have to run mine, and we can use the same applications anyway! "
You
Software
Beauty
" On the other hand, there would be some value in different folks getting together to share expertise and technology; but to the listener, it wouldn't necessarily seem like a single station in the traditional sense. "
Technology
Hand
Value
" See, unlike most hackers, I get little joy out of figuring out how to install the latest toy. "
See
Hackers
Little
" Software Engineering might be science; but that's not what I do. I'm a hacker, not an engineer. "
Science
Software
Hacker
" Using these toolkits is like trying to make a bookshelf out of mashed potatoes. "
Potatoes
Using
Like
" Why should someone have to retrain themselves to use a new application that does the same basic thing as the old application, just because something as trivial as the operating system changed out from under them? "
Just Because
Why
Someone
" You can always affect things - so can you change it in a way that will make you as happy with it in the future as you were in the past? Maybe it won't be the same, but it might be something else you also like. "
You
Happy
Always
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