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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 8th Aug 2006 18:46 UTC, submitted by Borys Musielak

"Microsoft has reached an enormous success with its Windows product during the last decade and practically monopolized the market for home computer operating systems. But, does it mean Windows is still the best OS around, especially for power users? I'm going to cumulate my Windows XP frustrations and tell you about the top 10 reasons why I decided to dump Windows and use GNU/Linux as my primary desktop OS."

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RE[2]: I use linux

by Bit_Rapist on Tue 8th Aug 2006 19:18 UTC in reply to "RE: I use linux"

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2005-11-13

- K9Copy
- DVDAuthor (well... yeah)
- dvd9to5
- Live
- K3B

Sounds like you're a broadband movie thief.

Sounds like you are jumping to conclusions.

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RE[3]: I use linux

by linux-it on Tue 8th Aug 2006 20:31 in reply to "RE[2]: I use linux"

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2006-07-13

besides, in some countries, downloading is not illegal at all.

calling someone a thief is therefore not always correct.

Edited 2006-08-08 20:32

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RE[4]: I use linux

by GreatBunzinni on Tue 8th Aug 2006 20:48 in reply to "RE[3]: I use linux"

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2005-10-31

Calling someone a thief because he/she/it downloaded something is always wrong. Downloading something is never stealing. That is independent of the law that is upheld on the downloader's country.

The concept of stealing demands that something is subtracted from the victim, which never happens when something is downloaded. What may happen is copyright infringement but that depends on the legislation. For example, in my country every citizen has teh right to use copyrighted works without the author's permission, as long as it is only for personal use.

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RE[4]: I use linux

by kaiwai on Wed 9th Aug 2006 07:49 in reply to "RE[3]: I use linux"

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2005-07-06

And what else would you use those applications for? For collating your limited edition 'home movies' onto convienent cd's? Pulease; its as bad as the excuse, "I use Peer to peer to swap legimate music!" and "Oh, I'm a stripper, paying my way through college!".

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