Many have fallen to the mighty Gates OS regime, but all hope is not lost. But a one-man army can't win a war, and Torvalds needs your help to deliver his manifesto to the world.
Some people think giving away the operating system for free is somehow tied to communism.
It really came to be because of my own personal needs. I was a student and a very poor computer person. I knew I couldn't live with DOS and Windows. I wanted to run somebody else's operating system and be happy and not worry. But nobody else's operating system fit my needs.