[GRLUG] What is Linux ?

[Michael Mol]

To me, Linux is the ability to ultimately control everything my
computer does.  That's why I kept using it after the novelty of the
cool screensavers wore off.

I can't stand to use Windows for personal use, because it does things
I don't understand and can't easily find out.  My computer was
purchased to service *me*, not hardware vendors, not content
publishers.  Looking at "ps ax", I can tell you what every non-kernel
process is, why it's there, and even what Debian package it hails
from.

Try doing that while looking at the process list in Windows Task Manager.

On 3/23/07, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just an out of the way discussion item:
> what is Linux?
>
> We are a LUG,  which in a funny way
> means that as long as you use Linux,
> you are free to discuss anything under
> the sun.
>
> But of course few here will see it that
> way.  What the GRLUG mostly discusses
> are Linux applications,  and less so the
> Linux OS itself.  And Linux applications
> are often as not Linux versions of a
> package,  and except for shared experience
>  have little to do with Linux as an OS.
>
> So,  what part of a typical Linux distribution
> would people call the Linux OS?   Here too,
> it's not the endless little editors and the myriad
> of GNU tools.
>
> Just for fun,  what does "Linux" mean
> to people here?  An analog to the question
> is "what is the Internet?"  Many people
> would probably confuse that with their
> browser.
>
>       -Bob
>
>
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