Benjamin Scott wrote:
You could take "Linux" as the kernel proper. That's the original name, after all. In that light, Linux is pretty dull. All it will get you is an error message ("no init found"). I'll go back to Windows, thank you.
Now, you could take "Linux" to mean the first page of a huge book of tools. Apache, Emacs, GCC, GNOME, KDE, Perl, PHP, Python, X11, and everything else. Well, that's a heck of a good read there. I'll keep that book on my bookshelf, for ready reference.
Or, you take "Linux" as the standard-bearer of Free/Open Source Software. Software that's owned by the community that uses it, rather then a single
person or organization. Software that gives you the freedom to what you
want with your computer. Now *that's* down-right revolutionary.
I think we should be able to talk about any of that here.
:-)
Well put, and I agree completely.
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