What You Need to Know About Popular Software – Linux Operating System

Excecutive summary By Levi Reiss

Linux is a widely-used open source operating system based on the Unix operating system. Torvalds is still very actively involved in Linux, and is the final authority on incorporating extensions into the operating system.

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It also runs a wide variety of computers ranging from personal computers to servers and supercomputers. Linux is a major player in the rapidly expanding netbook market, very light and inexpensive portable computers.

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System administrators often communicate with Linux via the text-based command line interface. This operating system supports a variety of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that often resemble Microsoft Windows. Ubuntu claims to have about 30% of the Linux desktop installations.

One of my favorites is Damn Small Linux which can run under Windows, even on old, clunky computers. Linux is a great environment for writing programs. There are said to be thousands of free software applications written for Linux. Linux is an essential component of the LAMP software suite.

How Does a Linux Netbook Compare to a Windows Netbook?

Excecutive summary By John Kessler

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Most manufactures offer Linux and Windows versions of the same model. Although most people would prefer a Windows XP, Linux netbooks actually have more advantages to them, including:

* Price
* Energy efficiency
* Free software
* Less susceptibility to malware and viruses

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Fans of Linux hail it for its reliability. Linux mini notebooks actually boot faster and usually don not crash, unless if you set them on fire. Since it is open source, different Linux netbooks actually have different versions (”distributions”) of the Linux. For example, the Asus Eee 900 operates on Xandros Linux. With this type of Linux, you can access programs from different tabs on the menu.

For Netbook Users – Which Linux?

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If you are a Windows XP user, you’re forgiven if you don’t know that within the term “Linux”, there are actually several other types Linux operating systems. A version of the Linux operating system is actually called a “distribution”.

Eee PC On Xandros

If you’re using an Eee PC, then you are using the Xandros distribution of Linux. It installs on computers in just four clicks.

Dell Mini 9 On Ubuntu

It’s hard to say though if Dell Linux users are happy with their netbooks. On the bright side, Canonical, the official commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, recently showed off netbooks running on Ubuntu Netbook Remix, a Linux distribution that allows netbook users to turn their netbooks into touchscreen tablet PCs.

MSI Wind On SLED

MSI surprisingly fits its Linux models with Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED), which is actually one of the best Linux distribution around.
If you have been a Windows XP user all your life, it might be challenging to switch to Linux.

Summary about articles by Rudy Indrasakti