Synopsis

Struggling to find respite from depression after the loss of his wife, Jason Angle throws himself into helping accelerate the invention of the first quantum communication system. But his project--the company's highest priority--becomes stalled in a conspicuous turn of events. To continue the work would threaten the plans of an ambitious Vice President, who places Jason in the middle of her board game. Dejected and uncertain, Jason realizes that the only way to save the project and to help himself move on is to continue the work in secret. Unless he finds motivation soon, he'll lose his job, his confidence, and the chance to lead the future of all communication.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Linux has its uses

Why Linux? It doesn't do gaming as well as Windows or Mac. Windows is the default gaming platform and will stay that way for awhile. Even Apple computers lag the gaming that Windows can do.

Linux is good for everything else, as good as the others, and almost always free. There's an application for everything that Windows has, yet they're named differently so finding them is sometimes harder. But your employer doesn't let you use an application you want?

So what? If you need to create text, multimedia, drawings, or art, Linux does that as good or in some cases better than the other operating systems. And you can work without being noticed, in private, do your own thing your own way. Put in an honest day's work and then do your work your way without the peeping CEO.

Take a USB flash drive, 1 Gigabyte is enough if you don't have a lot of data. Install any of hundreds of flavors of Linux on the drive. A good, small footprint Linux is called Puppy Linux. Even Ubuntu can fit on 1 Gigabyte with enough room for hundreds of megabytes of data.

Make your computer boot from the USB flash, and voila! Whenever you need privacy, reboot with USB.
An alternative - run Linux in virtualbox or some other virtual machine as an application in Windows or Mac. Easy to do. It looks like your machine is still connected with the employer too. But if your employer has a keylogger running, you'll still be watched. The safest way is to reboot into Linux, then back into Windows.

In Entangled, Jason uses Ubuntu Linux to work on a presentation to the Board of Directors while at work. He can't be tracked, traced, or seen if he doesn't go online. This keeps him safe from the prying eyes of his nemesis. Does he have a moral problem with this? Do you?

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