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Rikki Endsley is the Developer Program managing editor at Red Hat, and a former community architect and editor for Opensource.com. In the past, she worked as the community evangelist on the Open Source and Standards (OSAS) team at Red Hat; a freelance tech journalist; community manager for the USENIX Association; associate publisher of Linux Pro Magazine, ADMIN, and Ubuntu User; and as the managing editor of Sys Admin magazine and UnixReview.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @rikkiends.
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I had a hard time narrowing down this article and could easily have written thousands of more words on recent AI news stories about how the technology is being used in all areas of our lives now. I'm definitely giving AI lots more thought and will be keeping an eye on the advancements.
My answer is: Why wouldn't I use Linux and open source software? There are excellent open source solutions for pretty much everything I want/need to do, and Linux is a solid OS. Years ago I installed Linux on a friend's old Windows computer, which was full of malware. I used Knoppix to rescue her files, then when I installed Ubuntu on her system, she turned it on and said, "It feels like an expensive computer now." All it cost her was a cup of coffee and her company while I worked the magic (i.e., inserted a DVD and clicked a few buttons).