Open source your life, if you’re up the the challenge . If one is completely open about everything, every time that one has the chance; if all businesses and governments had nothing to hide; and if all the world was a transparent book with black text, lying in the public library; then life would be a wonderful story. On the other hand, do you know what they say about people living in glass houses (let alone glass books)? … They shouldn’t take showers.

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I find it funny how my Windows XP seems determined to make certain that I can never go back to their side, after being a Linux user for almost two years. This article considers using alternate software to run your computer system. I have been taking some defencive driving courses, and as a part of the package, they gave me a piece of software on a CD that was supposed to train my brain for driving. This is the interesting story of what happened when I tried to get this software running. (Perhaps not so much running as crawling in agony to a hospital.)

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To properly appreciate open source, you need an open mind. However, if you’re here, you’re likely on the right track . If a piece of software is open source, it means that the source code is available. Do you know how there is always that damn thing in Microsoft Word that you hate? Well, if it were open source, and if you or someone you knew could program, then it could be fixed. I don’t think Micro$oft would like that though…

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