In the last 28 years not one person has asked me for help installing Linux.
Until now.
I have a friend coming over tomorrow, wanting to convert two PCs.
There are many good reasons to try GNU/Linux – cost, security, control.
But I have a more irrational reason for being a Free Software advocate.
Here’s the story.
I think I was 10 or so when we got our first computer.
It was around the same time that I picked my first dog from a litter – a pointer puppy.
It was also an exciting time for computing in India – and so we called him Unix.
A dog becomes your best friend. The one thing that will never let you down.
He wasn’t called Dos. Or Mac.
So, unsurprisingly, when Linux came along I couldn’t wait to try it out.
I built the systems that ran our first startup using GNU/Linux. And it’s powering the systems that run our business now.
Windows and Macs may dominate market and mindshare.
But I use Linux not just because it’s better.
It’s because I’ve grown up trusting it.
Handcrafted insight 