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The power of choice...

Another of the things I like about FOSS, is that there is a lot of variety to choose from. This helps to configure you computer the way you want it to work, and also the way your desktop looks.

One can really customize the computer as one pleases, making using your computer a really pleasant experience. Almost every Linux distro supports several users interfaces, making it easy to choose a distro that looks and feels like you want it to.

Not only that, one doesn't really have to an expert on command lines. You can find several distros where you don't actually need to go to that level, or find the distro that suits your level of expertise on the matter. At the end, it's up to each user to decide how deep into it he or she wants to go.

The software installed in most distros is the bares bones, which is a good thing since they include the software most people uses on daily basis. If you need a piece of software that doesn't come installed, most modern distros make it easy to install what you need.

And if you need extra information on how to do it, the odds are that you just need to do a quick search to find a way to do so.

But most importantly, with FOSS the user really has the freedom to choose what makes it into his/her computer. On the hard drive there is only what the user wants, and uses more frequently.

Not only that, there are several offerings of tools that do what the users wants to get done. With the extra that most of them can be adapted to the user needs with more ease than their proprietary counterparts. Just doing a quick search you can come by several of the most popular options.

And most of the time, you can find a version to use on your Windows or Mac OS X machine if you don't feel comfortable making the jump to a Linux distro.

There are several ways you can experience the freedom that comes with FOSS, and the satisfaction that comes of being part to a truly lively community.

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