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Story: Bill Gates Inadvertently Shows Off Ubuntu on His Facebook PageTotal Replies: 4
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mbaehrlxer

Jan 30, 2015
11:12 PM EST 		the article makes it sound like it's a bad thing that bill gates uses a picture featuring ubuntu linux. "[taking classes online is a] sound goal and it's perfectly doable, but in the image posted on Facebook the operating system is Ubuntu.

why is there a "but"?

is ubuntu linux not a good OS to take online classes with? does the author mean to say that windows would be better?

greetings, eMBee.
the_doctor

Jan 30, 2015
11:51 PM EST 		I question the use of the word "inadvertently".

Bill knows the difference between a Windows desktop and Linux desktop.

Promoting Ubuntu? It really looks like the only thing he's promoting is hope of a better life by bridging the digital divide. If that's achievable with Windows and/or Linux, more power to him.
gus3

Feb 02, 2015
11:30 AM EST 		But he'd prefer that it actually be achieved with Windows.
BernardSwiss

Feb 02, 2015
6:35 PM EST 		Personally, I suspect that if you're not a Linux fan, you're probably not even going to notice what OS is being used on the computer screen in that picture.
DrGeoffrey

Feb 02, 2015
7:54 PM EST 		All Bill wants is to use a modern OS.

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