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1 posted on 08/29/2011 9:16:29 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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2 posted on 08/29/2011 9:17:31 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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3 posted on 08/29/2011 9:18:20 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I remember seeing a post from a guy years ago where he was building his own kernel. We exchanged emails and chatted several times. Seems his idea turned out pretty good. He called the thing LEEEEE-NUX...


4 posted on 08/29/2011 9:19:39 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (Sharia? No thanks.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I have Linux as a back-up because Vista was so shady. It does a fine job, but there are just some things that Windows does better.


6 posted on 08/29/2011 9:24:11 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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The company I work for has been expanding its use of Linux dramatically. We've rolled out more than 2000 workstations for our end users at remote locations. And we've just finished migrating from Outlook/Exchange to Zimbra on Linux. It's not free, we use commercial versions of the software, bit it's a whole LOT cheaper than Microsoft, with nearly all the funcionality... Still, the decision to move to Zimbra will wind up saving nearly $250,000 once we finish our fault tolerant configuration.

Mark

7 posted on 08/29/2011 9:28:48 AM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; ShadowAce
I've used Linux since the late 90's, either as a secondary to NetBSD/Windows/MacOS/OSX, or (for about 3 years) as my primary operating system with the others as secondaries.

It serves a good and necessary purpose, and does so very well. I don't consider myself an "advocate", since I have many feet and one in each of many OS camps. But the Linux feature set is quite necessary to how I have operated for well over a decade.

Before that it was BSD or Sys5 Unix (plus MSDOS, DEC RT and RSX and VMS, early Windows, MacOS). And before that, custom proprietary OSes, or hand-assembled code on the small machines of the mid-70's. And before that, FORTRAN on Big Iron like Burroughs 5500... but I digress....

Linux is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday!!

10 posted on 08/29/2011 9:55:43 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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Read more at cnn.com

For some inexplicable reason, CNN seems to have left out the Global Linux Market Share of Linux servers. CNN seems to have also omitted the Global Linux Market Share of home and business routers. How odd for CNN to have such omissions and yet CNN claims that, QUOTE At 20, Linux is invisible, ubiquitous. UNQUOTE

11 posted on 08/29/2011 9:56:44 AM PDT by pyx (Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

This is kind of like Seinfeld, an article about nothing.


12 posted on 08/29/2011 9:59:53 AM PDT by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

But its FREE SOFTWARE FO RTHE MASSES~!!!

Why arent people running to it?

Maybe gramma needs green hat Ubuntu to grep her rkill -9 on the print service process for her web server she keeps in the sweing room.

yeah... that’s good UI


13 posted on 08/29/2011 10:02:58 AM PDT by Mr. K (CAPSLOCK! -Unleash the fury! [Palin/Bachman 2012- unbeatable ticket])
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