Praveen A wrote:
Switch to Linux!
GNU/Linux, or simply Linux, is an alternative to Microsoft Windows. It is easy to use and gives more freedom to users. Anyone can install it: Linux is free as in freedom, and often available free of charge.
I was talking to a client about freedom and gave an example of a diary. We buy a blank diary from a stationery shop, write on its pages and fill it up with personal data. Does the shop guy then want to read the diary and even if he wants to, do we let him? In the same way, when we buy a digital diary, we don't want the manufacturer to access its contents as we keep adding personal information. Similarly a computer is a multi-function tool that we use for our daily work and a lot of personal information goes into it. The software manufacturer who makes the software for the hardware we own, has no business to snoop into our system and access any information from it. Closed softwares cannot be audited and therefore they can compromise our privacy and security. Added to that is the nuisance of closed software constantly logging into the manufacturer's website to supposedly look for updates. We cannot control what information the manufacturer is sending from our system to its website. Libre softwares can be audited and modified to make them secure and private and that is the only logical choice for any computer user. Libre software minds its own business and lets you mind your own.