Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 19th Dec 2005 16:32 UTC, submitted by Valour
"There is a lot of confusing information about the GNU/Linux operating system, open source and free software, and related issues in the press today. Many of these technologies and concepts are difficult to understand because they deviate from the standard historical traditions of the software industry. There are also a number of sponsored reports and other corporate propaganda published around the Web that smear the image of Linux and free software. In the interest of making a few basic concepts clear, this article will bring light to the darkness perpetuated by uninformed journalists, campaigning CEOs, and misleading advertisements."
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You know, it really amazes me that an industry born of tinkerers has somehow risen above the notion that spending a little time fiddling around with your computer is equivalent to one's time being worthless.
yeah, and the most funny part is that those windows users fiddle for days as well until everything is just right for them. to prove my point - at work we got new laptops, i installed ubuntu on it (over the pre-installed xp), and was back at work in 2 hours. my colleagues took two days of installing stuff and fiddling around with all kind of stupied things. i even had exactly the same settings after i my 2 hours of installing (i just copied home and presto).