Saturday, April 30, 2005
The human mind likes to have control over devices it uses. The more control it has, the more it likes it. The GNU/Linux computer operating system offers maximum control to computer users. Any part of the operating system can be modified and enhanced. If someone using GNU/Linux needs a feature that is not found within the operating system, they can make a request of programmers from around the world. Sometimes the requested feature or modification shows up in less than 24-hours. This creates a rush of endorphins to the brain of the person who requested the feature, to the programmers who supplied the feature and all who end up using that feature.
GNU/Linux is a hopeful operating system. Hope is a state of the mind that enhances the health of the mind.
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References -
Computer Use and the Elderly, October, 1995. Washington Apple Pi Journal
Does Using Macs Prevent Alzheimers?