Linux Format | August 2017
ESCAPE WINDOWS
Don’t use Linux because it’s free, but because it frees you and your hardware. We’re not here to bash Windows, we’re here to give you choice. When you buy a Mac you have to run MacOS. Buy a PC and you’ll be steered in the direction of Windows 10. We are not even going to mention tablets, phones, TVs and even cars. All are examples of companies attempting to lock-in consumers to a walled software ecosystem. When you own the hardware, why is the software you can run being dictated to you? The PC is a general-purpose computing engine. It should and usually can run any software you like, though recent examples show even the PC is being walled off through its firmware. That’s where open source Linux-based OSes come into play.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Linux Format August 2017.