A pair of hands holding a globe.

I wonder if the cut n’ dry world of Microsoft or the stylish enthusiasts of MacWorld could make me feel the way I feel right now. I’m having such a great time with Linux, learning all kinds of new commands and functions, etc.  True; it has its limitations, but the advancements that we have has been produced by majority of volunteers who have a love for open source.  I joined the ranks of the Fedora project and I’m slowly getting more acclimated to working with a community… I’m so used to doing things by myself and this group has allowed me to be apart of something greater.

Yes, one can say that religion or a local charity or organization can help me feel a sense of higher purpose – but those “avenues” don’t really appeal to my core.  Technology is a driving force for me and anything that involves a computer will grab my attention and stir up my passion.  When I first learned DOS, Windows 3.1 up to Windows 98, there were tons of things to learn and I learned them quite well.  After that I just became more proficient at them.  I’ve been running Linux as my main machine for over 9 months now.  I’m back in that “learning” mode, but there is no horizon line for the end of knowledge – open source is so broad, so vast, so liquid that I may never learn everything about FOSS (free and open source software).  That’s something to reach for.

Within the past day (really, several hours) I’ve learned about PGP/GPG encryption, SSH and command-line document editing using vi, and syndication. I’m a firm believer of supply and demand.  With Linux, and my distro of choice being Fedora there will always be a demand to perform some sort of function and FOSS will provide me the means of supplying it.  Yah, this post wasn’t very technical, but it’s a result of technology.  If you haven’t already joined, come and join us here at the Fedora Project.  I encourage to be part of your distro or any open source project.

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