People don’t seem to understand, but computers aren’t just a toaster. Windows systems are so complex, because of Microsoft’s design, and desire to be the end-all provider for everything…

Sometimes you have to take a step back, and have someone show you that you can do it differently. Here’s a good example:

Blog of helios: The new faces of Linux – Who Do I Yell At?: “Rick Singerman doesn’t much care about how his computer works. He simply wants it to work every time he turns it on. We’ve discussed this here as it has been discussed over and over in the Linux Community.

A computer is NOT an appliance. It is a maintainable machine that needs attention from time to time. Even Microsoft, with their tens of thousands of viruses and countless malware threats cannot get The Human Nature to understand:

A computer is NOT an appliance. It is a maintainable machine that needs attention from time to time.”

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