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@SlowCoder: There's a link from my website and that is part of my sig. You're allowed to advertise your website! I have a blog there and a few other things I do.
I think in my region, I cannot convince people by using "open source" as an argument. Because, although "openness" and being and open source software is one of the strongest point of Linux, but here, in India, it is very difficult to convince people by using "open source" as an argument. The reason is that, here, proprietary (and pirated) software is so common that you can get your USB filled with all kinds of softwares for 0.05 Dollars or even free in most cases. Usually people and organizations, here, don't mind using Pirated softwares and piracy is an accepted norm here So, instead of openness, I use "Speed, Stability and Security" as an argument in favor of Linux and it help a lot here in India.
That's a shame, because it is a missed opportunity for India as an "IT nation" if everyone so to say just take the free rice from China instead of learing how to grow and process rice themselves. Some things are not worth having for free or for cheap and a closed source pirated (and possibly malware infested) OS is one of those things.
That's just a way of saying that some things are worth spending a bit of extra time and effort to learn, for individuals, companies and nations. And one of those things is GNU/Linux and by extension computers. Anyways, if you start from 0, GNU/Linux is NOT more difficult to learn than Windows, some would argue it's easier to learn.
GNU/Linux is ALSO about community, from the smallest to the biggest. I actually got started with it from a friend who knew the system, and helped me set it up. That was over 20 years ago. Imagine if he had not known the system and/or had never shown me? So it's also valuable for each individual to learn GNU/Linux so they again can help others. Just an example of the little things that matters, also for India. But GNU/Linux is a global community as well, and it benefits the community if more people contribute. I remember reading just recently that the Linux Kernel is the biggest and most active software project in the world. And that just the Kernel, a "small" part of the whole system.
... I may be erring or confuse my memories.
But was not India the first country where you could be certified as a Linux-expert (of whichever kind it was then)?
@SlowCoder: There's a link from my website and that is part of my sig. You're allowed to advertise your website! I have a blog there and a few other things I do.
The link to the vendor on the bottom is not completely wrong, but you should add "http(s)://" before "www" as navigators may look for a directory on your own Web-Site
The link to the vendor on the bottom is not completely wrong, but you should add "http(s)://" before "www" as navigators may look for a directory on your own Web-Site
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So, instead of openness, I use "Speed, Stability and Security" as an argument in favor of Linux and it help a lot here in India.
