I always enjoy Richard's writing. I would like to take more of his advice but some practicalities interfere, mostly about social media. I tend to not post much personal stuff on social media but posting links to my recent blog articles, new books I have written, and when I release open source software is very valuable to me because it increases the number of people I get connected with. He is absolutely correct about the dangers of losing privacy on social media.
I have considered the all free laptop route and technically this would not hurt my writing and work efforts, but I like to experiment with new stuff, and I really enjoy having a Windows 8.1 and a Mac laptop to experiment with, in addition to my Linux laptop. I have the bizarre work habit of rotating between Linux, Windows, and OS X every four or five hours. My work flow is the same, and I enjoy the variety so much that the slight change-over effort is worthwhile. This is a stupid habit that I should probably change.
Stallman is really important for our tech community and I personally like his political stands. +1000 for Richard Stallman.
I have considered the all free laptop route and technically this would not hurt my writing and work efforts, but I like to experiment with new stuff, and I really enjoy having a Windows 8.1 and a Mac laptop to experiment with, in addition to my Linux laptop. I have the bizarre work habit of rotating between Linux, Windows, and OS X every four or five hours. My work flow is the same, and I enjoy the variety so much that the slight change-over effort is worthwhile. This is a stupid habit that I should probably change.
Stallman is really important for our tech community and I personally like his political stands. +1000 for Richard Stallman.