ADMIN Network & Security – April 2022
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Freedom of choice is what you got. Freedom from choice is what you want. – Devo
Just about every week that I read articles on tech sites, I see at least one that touts the virtues of one Linux distribution over that of another. It’s a strange thing to see in a way;· this same thing doesn’t happen with Window:s or Mac because there’s only one – no other choice is available. It reminds me of that old Deva
song, ” Freedom of Choice,” the last chorus of which is shown above [1]. I believe no truer words have ever been spoken or :sung, at least for the Linu1x community.
As Linux users, we do have a choice, but some of us spend an inordinate amount of time trying to convince everyone that there exists this one best distro. For Linux users, it’s not as simple as selecting ornedistro and sticking with it through every possible scenario” Some distros have commercial support, which is essential for companies that use Linux as a server operating system. Some distros are 100 percent free software, and that appeals to a certain crowd. Other distros attempt to create a user-friendly environment for desktop users who want freedom, as well as freedlom of choice.
Th’hose who evangelize one distro above all others basically want to take away your freedom of choice, but choosing Linux means you’ve shunned a lack of choice. It’s an interesting world we live in.
If I want no choice, I have two other choices. I want the freedom to say that today I’ll use Fedora bu1t tomorrow I want Ubuntu. That’s the kind of fickle fan I am. Not only do I want the freedom to choose, but I also enjoy my freedom to choose according to the mood I’m in when I wake up. I create and destroy VMs as often as I change socks, which is pretty often, to be honest. If I were locked into a single distro, Linux wouldn’t be as much fun. I couldn’t
experiment as much. I couldn’t create my own custom distribution .. I couldn’t rile up one distro’s fan base over another by poking a little fun at today’s less-than-favorite distribution. Not. that I would ever do that.
I might even go so fair as to install Cygwin on Windows systems so that I can have the look and feel of a Linux command prompt and further enjoy my freedom. Sometimes, I even install an SSH daemon on Windows systems. Yes, you can install an SSH daemon on a Windows system, and you can SSH to and from it, work at the CMD prompt, run Windows commands, and run Linux commands. It’s fun, it’s useful, and it’s a great exercise in freedom from vendor lock-in. After all, isn’t that what Linux is all about – freedom from vendor lock-in? Well, yes, it’s more than that, but freedom is a big part of it.
I don’t want anyone to fenice me in, lock me in, or tread on me when I’m enjoying my many Linux distro loves.
My love is for Lin1ux. IDistros are somewhat of a distraction from what Linux is .. When someone tells me, ”Oh I only use Debian, ” or that ”Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the only way to go,” I try to see past the distro bias and instead feel proud that they’re using Linux at all. What I’m saying here is that I chose Linux beca·use it
gives me the freedom to code, customize, lhack, test,
modify, lock down, open up, break, and even build my own distribution the way I want it. But the main thing is the freedom of choice without t.he noise. It’s kind of like when David on Schitt’s Creek [21 told Stevie that ”I like the wine and not the label.” It’s the use of Linux that’s ultimately the most important thin.g and not the logo, t.he hype, or the package system you use to install the software. We can have distro bias
because we have the freedom to do so, lbut remember
that your freedom ends where mine starts.
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