The Story of Linux: Commemorating 20 Years of the Linux Operating System

Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Linux with us. Watch the Story of Linux to remember – or learn for the first time – how Linux disrupted a market and has begun to change the world. Do you see yourself in its story?

20 New User Misconceptions about Linux

1) Linux will behave like Windows.

The misconception that one OS acts just like another makes me crazy. It’s like me going from a Toyota Prius to a sixteen wheeler “big rig” and expecting it to handle exactly the same.

The fact of the matter is that the Linux desktop has no singular way of presenting itself. That’s the power behind Linux on the desktop. It can be customized for different needs and distributions, while relying on a variety of desktop and software packages to make it work a certain way.

Windows, on the other hand, has a “here it is” approach that works well enough for its intended audience.

2) Windows software looks better than Linux software. So you think that Windows software has the marketplace cornered on what’s pretty? Take a look at some of the horrid looking applications running under the shareware/freeware license sometime.

And while you’re at it, be prepared to be turned off cold with some very unattractive software. The fact of the matter is that all platforms have software that can look great as well as some that are horribly ugly.

Best to leave the complaint of “software sex appeal” to the individual application itself, rather than blaming the entire platform. Looking for pretty software? Try the KDE desktop. By its very nature, KDE applications tend to be more visually exciting than their GNOME counterparts. As to the functionality of each application, that really comes down to user preference.

3) You have to be a geek to operate Linux.

Will You Miss The Browser Address Bar If Google Kills It?

Say goodbye to your address bar… maybe. Google is mulling over replacing the address bar found in its Chrome Web browser with something less intrusive (if that’s the word to use). In one scenario, the address bar would only become visible when, say, the mouse pointer is hovered over a certain area of the screen. At all other times the address bar would vanish from the interface.

40 Years of Unix

It is a long and twisted story that marks the various phases through which the Unix operating system passed. It has been going on for 40 years, and signs show that it won’t end anytime soon.

From a fresh Ubuntu Convert….

A friend of mine has been pestering me for days (weeks now actually) to convert to Linux OS system. I’ve used Microsoft all my life, and honestly, I’m not much of a techie person (shameful to be saying that in this generation, I know) – so I didn’t think much of the ‘advice’.

‘Yeah, thanks man, will think about it, just too busy now to learn something new – but yeah, sometime..’

Linux and the GNU Project….

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.