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Re: Linux: who here uses it?
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2022 7:57 pm
by paul8539
Some people swear by Linux, some people swear at Linux. Depends on which camp you are in.
Re: Linux: who here uses it?
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2022 5:22 pm
by tc
I made a virtual Linux (Ubuntu) machine on an old laptop, then realized I was using Linux when a made a Raspberry Pi project a few years ago. Most people (I don't think) realize their Mac computers and Android phones are also Linux-based.
Re: Linux: who here uses it?
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2022 6:20 pm
by kager
Linux works well for purpose-built (often single-purpose) apps, like routers, firewalls, admin apps for control of hardware (like phone systems, for instance) or live utility suites.
It is OK as a desktop OS as well, but you'll find Linux under the hood in the above far more often than as a primary desktop OS.
As previously noted here, MacOS (or OSX) is based on Unix, not Linux, however. Linux is very much like Unix, without all the legal and licensing ($$$)
rigamarole. Probably why Google chose it as the basis for Android.
Re: Linux: who here uses it?
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2022 11:40 am
by tc
kager wrote: ↑Mon Oct 17, 2022 6:20 pm
As previously noted here, MacOS (or OSX) is based on Unix, not Linux, however. Linux is very much like Unix, without all the legal and licensing ($$$)
rigamarole. Probably why Google chose it as the basis for Android.
Thank you for the clarification!
Re: Linux: who here uses it?
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2022 4:02 am
by paul8539
Apparently some big organization use, or support systems that have, Linux. I applied for a position recently at one. I met all of the qualifications except I have not used Linux. I was rated as 'not qualified'. They need to have somebody with 10 years of Linux experience, among other things.