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I'm A Proud Luddite. That's Why I Use Linux.
The term “Luddite” has changed in meaning over the years. These days, it is a near-synonym for “technophobe”, someone who is afraid of or doesn’t trust new technology. It is often used to dismiss critics of the way technology is used as “backward” or “closed-minded”. But if we look a beyond the surface and examine the Luddite movement of old properly, we will find something much different. In this article, I will examine the Luddite movement and connect it to the ideology of the FOSS movement.