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Recently, I made the switch: I installed Linux on my laptop. Really, there's no practical difference between my computer with Windows than with Linux. However, there's one rather important œconomical difference: every single piece of software on my computer is free. When I say free, I mean that in two senses that the English language doesn't really have two words for. It's free in the sense that I didn't have to pay for it. Essentially, for me, that's the most important reason; I like not having to pay for things, but the software is also free in the sense that I can change it, modify it and do whatever I want to it. Yes, I'm a computer nerd, and I like needless tinkering, but I'm more aroused by the fact that I don't have to pay for it.

Still, there is one thing that I'm not to crazy about. The games aren't really that great. I know that I want to hold to this fanatical belief that computer software should be free, but have you played free games? They suck. I know that someone has to pay the money for the game developers to eat and send their children to college, but why don't the developers of the productivity suites and the web browsers need money? Their software turns out great, and they don't take money.

Than again, I really have no right to complain about the quality of my free software. It's free after all.