This may help to make you windozers even more interested in ditching Bill Gates' lock-in and exploring a free alternative: "Major new additions include 3D desktop effects, desktop search, the ability to write to NTFS partitions, improved multi-monitor support, .... Ubuntu Linux 7.10 also includes new features like fast user switching, a plugin finder wizard for Firefox, and lower system power consumption thanks to an updated version of the Linux kernel. The distribution also comes with greatly improved and easier-to-maintain security."
And on that last note we should say that security is better than windoze anyhow just because of the architecture and protocols that natively go with Linux. One of the reasons most servers use a version of Linux, I suspect.
If you would like to see a pretty good review of the advantages of linix from a non-techie, Walton gives a great shot at it. And what he says about the prospects for continuing to use Windoze is worth contemplating.
Windows users have some hard choices to make. As support is withdrawn for XP, and new computers run Vista, at some point you'll have to upgrade. But Vista is so bad that the Dutch Consumer Council advises against using it. This is in addition to the security and data protection issues Vista has, notably that by installing it you are essentially allowing your computer to be controlled from Microsoft headquarters. Not a risk worth taking.
Meanwhile, I'm thinking about how to make an ethical and Christian case briefly to encourage and support colleagues and students to switch to Linux. What would you say are the arguments I should deploy first and foremost?
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