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Linux: who here uses it?

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paul8539
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Re: Linux: who here uses it?

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Some people swear by Linux, some people swear at Linux. Depends on which camp you are in.
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tc
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Re: Linux: who here uses it?

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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.
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Re: Linux: who here uses it?

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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.
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Re: Linux: who here uses it?

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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!
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Re: Linux: who here uses it?

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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.
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