Ubuntu Linux - an alternative to Microsoft and Mr. Bill Gates (May He Be Blessed)
Tonight, I attended a local ham radio meeting. At one point, I commented that I used Linux rather than Windows in my daily operations. A comment was made that went something like "Yes, it is free, for the stuff you get free." .... or something like that. I interpreted the comment as implying that, to really get anything of value, you needed to pay $. In my usual curmudgeon way, I said, "Not true, my crusty OM!" I run Ubuntu Linux and have made a vow to shy away from commercial operating systems that I have to pay $ to use. In the last few months, I've discovered ( http://www.libreoffice.org/ ), an open source free application that rivals Microsoft Office. I knew it had the equivalent of Microsoft Word but, later, discovered that it has Microsoft Excel. But, what really blew me away was that it, also, has the equivalent of Microsoft PowerPoint!!!!!!!! Being the paranoid prepper anti-government anarchist that I am, I like to be "off-the-grid" as much as...