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"Of course, all of the software I write runs on Linux; that's the beauty of standards, and of cross-platform code. I don't have to run your OS, and you don't have to run mine, and we can use the same applications anyway!"
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"Mostly I use the O2 as an X terminal, however, running my apps on Linux and displaying remotely."

"I think Linux is a great thing, in the big picture. It's a great hacker's tool, and it has a lot of potential to become something more."

"Why should someone have to retrain themselves to use a new application that does the same basic thing as the old application, just because something as trivial as the operating system changed out from under them?"

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