Linux Evangelists

Have you ever been going about your day and then suddenly someone asks you, "Hey can I go through your gallery?" and then when you refuse to do so they tell you that Google and Windows do that and more on a daily basis.

Recently I have had the privilege of meeting a Linux Evangelist. My encounter with him was far from interesting. I learned that we are being spied on by Google and Windows 24/7, whether you are simply searching how to create a linked list or you're just making your first HelloWorld("print") program. Another interesting thing I learned is that they also have access to my google photos and that if someone is determined enough to hack their system, they could actually get my photos and do God knows what with them!!

The Linux Evangelist continued to tell me about how he made it out of this matrix and how I could also do the same. He introduced me to his Almighty Saviour...Linux.

Linux is a free and open-source operating system based on UNIX, created by Linus Torvalds in 1991. It is widely used across various domains, from personal computers to supercomputers, due to its flexibility, security, and performance. Linux has 0 ad trackers and redirects which is an amazing feature for me especially since I surf some websites that shouldn't be surfed. It is WAY faster compared to the default browser. It's clean and it is a great use workflow and UI. You have a better web/coding development experience with the UNIX commands. It's easy to use and it has safe software management. Now I could go on and on about how amazing Linux is, but quite evidently, I don't care enough.

He continued to tell me about how amazing Linux is and that it will grant me salvation and I shall be saved from the evil claws of Google and Windows, but like I said I couldn't care less.

Not only is it easy to use and you have all the creative freedom you want but it takes an immense amount of effort to install it. The amount of effort that I cannot conjure up even if it means that 100 000 people will have access to my pictures. Now don't get me wrong I don't want that to happen, but I also don't want to get so deep into tweaking my system that it becomes my entire personality.

I told the evangelist that I hear him, but I am not interested in doing all of that and if I am doomed then so be it, I will graciously accept my hell. Let's just say he did not take it well. I had to sit and listen to a 30-minute lecture about how crazy and ignorant I am. It was quite interesting to see how freedom and control spiralled into insanity and trying to get everyone onto their Saviour.

Now that I am writing this, I wonder if this is how I am because I am a Christian lol.

This piece was inspired by a conversation I had with Leago Letageng.