After 20 years of computing I found myself using Ubuntu Linux, what I believe it is a real revolution in computer operative system, amazingly surprised by the functionality and capabilities of an Open Software given by community that carries on making more useful software.
May be that some computer users they still do not believe that they can understand something different from what they know already, or what they believe they know...
The actual machine I am using to write this entry is nothing more than an old ASUS Laptop with nothing more than 250 Megabytes of ram, a mobile AMD Athlon(tm) 4 processor, not really very advanced for this days, in fact, I do believe that this laptop, is just an old machine, (The processor's datasheet says a lot more, exactly from the manufacturer we can read something like:
"This processor features a seventh-generation microarchitecture
with an integrated L2 cache that supports the growing
processor and system bandwidth requirements of emerging
software, graphics, I/O, and memory technologies. The
high-speed execution core of the processor includes multiple
x86 instruction decoders, a dual-ported 128-Kbyte split
level-one (L1) cache, a 256-Kbyte L2 integrated cache, three
independent integer pipelines, three address calculation
pipelines, and a fully pipelined, out-of-order, floating-point
engine."
Marvellous!, but Windows XP Professional only worked on it for a few moments for just one day...
I did the right thing when I downloaded, from my brother's machine the Ubuntu Server edition "Intrepid", inserted the disk in this machine's DVD R Drive...and...it took me only a while to load what it seemed to be a little dream, and up to date, I believe is the most wonderful thing that some great people had done in the past years of computing science development, - I wish I could see each one of them one day and say at least, Thank You! - but well, hopefully they might find this blog , think about what I am saying, and perhaps feel proud..
For some reason, I do not know why many people still think that linux is just a complex thing not for them, and only for computer experts...that, to a degree, might be correct , but not the exact phrase to formulate about a Linux OS (Operative System) in these days, in fact, my believe is that linux is pretty much a logical tool, rather than Win... In the way the things are handed, devices and drives become easier to use with this revolutionary software, program installation is just like a game, where one only has to select it from a box, that can be easily opened from the desktop bar, and do a simple click on "install packets" after selecting the software we like...
Far for me are those days when I used to search for a program in the Internet to find out how much I had to expend before thinking about to use it for work...
Spreadsheets, CAD software, Word processors, Image processing or website creation tools and email client programs used to fail for me year after year...and I studied computers just from the moment they were created, imagine how bad might have been for all those users whom didn't know what I knew...
I can not think about how would they managed to fight against viruses, spy ware in downloaded stuff and hidden scripts stored in some "cracky" code all along the INTERNET servers...( scaring...),
and there are plenty people whom still think that cookies are bad....
so ...what do I think about all these nasty things that are happening day after day because some manufactures just signed contracts with expert programmers whom just want money for their "high way of life", money that is coming from the pockets of little poor people whom want the best for their kids and do just what they think is the right thing, to get the best stuff for their kids computer..., ok... should I believe it now?...
No thanks...
It is time consumption to try to "work" with a Windows X(what?) P?, alright..., and become successful.
This is not only supported by my personal experience, but for the experience of the human being itself, it is not me the one who made Linux OPERATIVE...I just study it...and use it...
As an example, I went one day to renew my National Security Card after returning to this country, and guess what? I couldn't, because the computer in that office was not working....I asked to that lady what OS was it using, at it was that one of the green field and blue sky, very nice...obviously, they had their technicians...yeah...so, why was it broken? like she said...perhaps because the viruses...
Some other public organizations ask for some new stuff to some IT consultants and expend a lot of money in to make their "own" Linux by giving to this stuff the name of a river and then Linux...Great! but at the end they all end up using Windows in the office because the boss decide..and the boss, by the way, is another politician...well well well!! ohhh! well!!!!
This is taking a bit longer than what I thought....then, the important thing is not the stuff and how it works, not really, the causes are just created interest that many people has in this matter... sad...but I am Sorry, I do not forgive, I have to carry on,
Linux, is the best stuff I had ever used, and now, I do not have a problem, or might be, pehaps to get a new laptop with a bit more of ram and be able to enjoy the plenty capabilities of this magical thing that has been called UBUNTU, thanks for the make! it is Great!
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