It’s been a very long time since I planned to switch to Linux. After about a hundred of Ubuntu (Linux distribution) CDs from Netherlands, I’ve finally decided on it. I am switching to Linux.
I am switching to Linux. The big question is why?
Once in a while, I swallow my pride. I admit I’ve been influenced indirectly by the University of the Philippines Linux Users’ Group. Earlier this week, I received an email invitation from the said org. A couple more emails followed. It was a bit hard for me to decided whether to join or not for a fact that I made a previous statement with my friends that I won’t be joining an org on my freshie year in the University. Sorry dear friends, I’m eating my words for now. Eventually, they made me join their Monthly General Meeting (MGM) yesterday.
I can’t deny the fact that UnPLUG was cool – their organizational structure headed by a “Benevolent Dictator”, the pizza, their cute Linux Penguin, the member’s journey from a learner to a Master of the Universe (MOTU), among others. They were cool [offtopic: read the poem We Real Cool]. Their laptops booted different Linux distributions. Their wallpapers were doing some sales talk on my mind – switch to Linux. Wahehehe.
I’ve been with Windows since we had a computer. I learned HTML, CSS, 8051 Assembly, microcontroller C compilers, Visual Basic, some C++, some Java, PHP, mySQL and all the other stuff with Windows. Now, I’m giving Windows a sweet goodbye. [Not sure if I can do this. But a gradual shift would do]
I believe that it’s not that hard for me to do the switch. I’ve known myself for years. I always had the passion to learn something new when it comes to computer stuff. I always had the perseverance on reading hundreds of eBook pages. I always had the energy Googling jargon terms on a microcontroller’s whitepaper. Given such “always hads”, I believe I can do it.
A persevered learner as I am, I believe I can share the knowledge I’ll eventually acquire thru sharing those things in my blog. I won’t care if you see the idea strange (drowning people not interested to the topic with Linux posts) – this is my blog anyway.
Good luck to me. Good luck to the Linux n00b. Good luck to Conrad Miguel E. Gozalo.
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Linux, eh? Have fun with an open-source OS! ;D
This would be exciting to follow on your blog. Would this be a complete migration to Linux or just making it your primary OS and keep Windows in the background?
Either way, the best of luck for you.
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