Yes, many schools and organizations who cannot afford to spend a lot of cash on licenses are attracted to Linux, adding another point to it's hat. It brings a powerful operating system to areas where it was thought to be difficult or impossible.
The current worlds fastest super computer uses Linux: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Gene
Even some of the most important systems in the world rely on the power of Linux: http://www.computerworlduk.com/managemen...ewsid=6673
an interesting quote being "Rubinow said that Linux is mature enough to meet his needs. The open-source operating system may not have all the polish of Unix technologies with 20-plus years of history behind them, "but it's polished enough for us," he said." hmm . . . no mention of any Redmond companies, huh? Only other *Unix* technologies.
When Microsoft tries to pull off their scare tactics, it don't always work: http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/1...-microsoft
But even Microsoft has noticed in order to survive, itself, it needs to cooperate: http://www.tuxdeluxe.org/node/277
Oh, did i say government uses linux? i meant governments use linux: http://www.computerworld.com/action/arti...ws_ts_head
hahaha, yes, GOVERNMENTS: http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/index.cfm (*gasp* a government page dedicated to Linux for the most prevalent agency?!) http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=3271
Oh, and Linux brings peace: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/200...inux.korea
AH! I almost forgot to address your gaming quip, yea, these are just two mainstream games that are recently being made available. The UTs have been Linux for a long ass time tho. and maybe the other gamers can address the games that are available, because i'm not really much of a gamer, just here and there.
Bah, this is all i have the energy to put up for now. A funny little anecdote that came to my mind earlier was that a past teacher of mine said that if we really want to keep our jobs, when your boss asks you what operating system to use always say Windows, because there's a guarantee that there will be problems. I nearly died laughing (and this was before i was so into Unix, or even used Unix at all). Lawl at your "decompressing a file" quip and at the pic, can ya find the vid? i would love to watch it
p.s. you remind me of the dude the guy who wrote this article was talking to: http://blog.lobby4linux.com/index.php?%2...Shade.html
Edit: oh, and i ask for the video cuz goofy things can happen to images, which is why pics found on Google should seldom be used as "proof" har har.
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The current worlds fastest super computer uses Linux: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Gene
Even some of the most important systems in the world rely on the power of Linux: http://www.computerworlduk.com/managemen...ewsid=6673
an interesting quote being "Rubinow said that Linux is mature enough to meet his needs. The open-source operating system may not have all the polish of Unix technologies with 20-plus years of history behind them, "but it's polished enough for us," he said." hmm . . . no mention of any Redmond companies, huh? Only other *Unix* technologies.
When Microsoft tries to pull off their scare tactics, it don't always work: http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/1...-microsoft
But even Microsoft has noticed in order to survive, itself, it needs to cooperate: http://www.tuxdeluxe.org/node/277
Oh, did i say government uses linux? i meant governments use linux: http://www.computerworld.com/action/arti...ws_ts_head
hahaha, yes, GOVERNMENTS: http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/index.cfm (*gasp* a government page dedicated to Linux for the most prevalent agency?!) http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=3271
Oh, and Linux brings peace: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/200...inux.korea
AH! I almost forgot to address your gaming quip, yea, these are just two mainstream games that are recently being made available. The UTs have been Linux for a long ass time tho. and maybe the other gamers can address the games that are available, because i'm not really much of a gamer, just here and there.
Bah, this is all i have the energy to put up for now. A funny little anecdote that came to my mind earlier was that a past teacher of mine said that if we really want to keep our jobs, when your boss asks you what operating system to use always say Windows, because there's a guarantee that there will be problems. I nearly died laughing (and this was before i was so into Unix, or even used Unix at all). Lawl at your "decompressing a file" quip and at the pic, can ya find the vid? i would love to watch it
p.s. you remind me of the dude the guy who wrote this article was talking to: http://blog.lobby4linux.com/index.php?%2...Shade.html
Edit: oh, and i ask for the video cuz goofy things can happen to images, which is why pics found on Google should seldom be used as "proof" har har.