Keeping your computer safe with Linux
Rescue Me
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When thinking about ways you could rescue your system with Linux, the thought occurred to me: Why not rescue your life? Because that's what Linux can do for you.
I like to think that I am a good cook, but not a good chef. To me, the difference between a cook and a chef is that a cook is someone who can use basic cooking skills and put together some decent and simple food, usually by following a recipe. A chef is someone who creates wonderful and new food by understanding how food works together. Give a cook some eggs, peppers, and cheese, and they'll probably whip up a decent western omelet. Chefs could take the same ingredients and put together something like a pepper-infused cheese soufflé, just off the top of their heads.
Using Linux is a lot like being a cook in a world where it's easy to open a box, boil some dry goods, and call it macaroni and cheese – when you could just as easily and with a little more time make homemade mac and cheese that would be infinitely better tasting and even better for you.
Windows and Macs, it could be argued, are like those boxes of preprocessed food. You bring them home from the store, follow the simple instructions, and you've got yourself a meal. Or a computer, as the case may be. You can even call it home-cooked, but really, that's not what you've done at all. You've heated and rehydrated.
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