I've been running
Ubuntu Linux on my computer for a couple months.
I've grown excited about the software for a number of reasons that have to do with Linux-nut-ism and the philosophical idea that I "own" my software, blah blah blah. The truth is,
Ubuntu requires someone to be technically aware to set it up and, after that, it really does run well (no antivirus. why not? because you don't need it!).
Tonight, though, I got a taste of the true beauty of Ubuntu Linux.
I installed a game (notice, I did not "buy" a game, I simply installed it) called Frozen Bubble. It's a
Bust-a-Move clone, and it has network play mode. So I signed on to the network game, got my butt torn to shreds by an online competitor, then started chatting with the other players in the chat room.
Turns out, they are both South American programmers--one from Uruguay, the other from Argentina. They both regularly
drink Mate and one of them personally knows the woman whose interview helped push me over the edge toward using Free Software,
Fernanda Weiden (...because the non-Western world is, and should be, using Free Software...). You can see some of this man's
programming on 3D robotic simulation.
The last time I signed into a
chat room, had an
educational and
multi-cultural conversation with
professionals was...
.....was.....
...never.
Even on AOL's "Games Channel" 10 years ago, can you imagine?
It comes in your language: ubuntu.com
