Lets start with linux then. Linux is a free, open-source operating system. It was made in the late 1980s by Linus Torvalds based on Unix. The idea was that you shouldn't have to pay for an operating system, and that the world should be able to control it. So it is a free operating system (a free replacement for Windows or Apple) That you can install on your system and run, and that anyone can update or add to or change. All of the code that is used to create it is free and easily obtainable (like Firefox, among other popular open-source software) In this way, the entire world can play a part, reporting and fixing bugs, thus making it a very strong, customizeable operating system, virtually impossible to create a virus for (because with so many people working on it, it can be fixed within minutes)
Also, almost all software released for it is also free, and is as good as, if not better than their windows/mac equivalent. EG: OpenOffice (Which you can also run on the other O.S.'s (operating systems) ) Is a replacement for all the microsoft office software and can work with all their files. Pidgin replaces AIM, Y!IM, MSN, or any other chat client you use, and gives you the added bonus of being able to use all of them through one client at the same time.
All of this comes with the O.S. which is downloadable as a disk file and you can then boot from and install. And its easy to install any of thousands of other free programs through the terminal or a package manager, and they will install themselves.
Now linux, on its own, is text based, so there are distributions that have different features and front ends so that you can interact with it easier.
This is what Ubuntu is. It is a distribution of Linux that has been called the common-man's linux. It has been said that its easy for anyone to adapt too (and I'd agree)
That's very kind of you to explain it to me! I actually thought it was a band, or the cool new form of blue jeans.
I've actually heard really interesting things about linux over the years, but never had a demo of it to show me what it would look like. It does sound fascinating--and delightfully crunchy!
I'm going further down the path this summer, trading in ubuntu for fedora (on one of my computers anyway) And a friend and I are going to make a distro of linux for the sole purpose of proving we can.
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Date: 2008-04-25 05:59 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-04-25 06:53 pm (UTC)I guess I should just check Wikipaedia...
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Date: 2008-04-25 11:07 pm (UTC)Ubuntu is a form of Linux.
Lets start with linux then. Linux is a free, open-source operating system. It was made in the late 1980s by Linus Torvalds based on Unix. The idea was that you shouldn't have to pay for an operating system, and that the world should be able to control it. So it is a free operating system (a free replacement for Windows or Apple) That you can install on your system and run, and that anyone can update or add to or change. All of the code that is used to create it is free and easily obtainable (like Firefox, among other popular open-source software) In this way, the entire world can play a part, reporting and fixing bugs, thus making it a very strong, customizeable operating system, virtually impossible to create a virus for (because with so many people working on it, it can be fixed within minutes)
Also, almost all software released for it is also free, and is as good as, if not better than their windows/mac equivalent. EG: OpenOffice (Which you can also run on the other O.S.'s (operating systems) ) Is a replacement for all the microsoft office software and can work with all their files. Pidgin replaces AIM, Y!IM, MSN, or any other chat client you use, and gives you the added bonus of being able to use all of them through one client at the same time.
All of this comes with the O.S. which is downloadable as a disk file and you can then boot from and install. And its easy to install any of thousands of other free programs through the terminal or a package manager, and they will install themselves.
Now linux, on its own, is text based, so there are distributions that have different features and front ends so that you can interact with it easier.
This is what Ubuntu is. It is a distribution of Linux that has been called the common-man's linux. It has been said that its easy for anyone to adapt too (and I'd agree)
so loosely: Free, open, operating system.
sorry to give you a ninethousandpage explanation.
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Date: 2008-04-26 01:49 am (UTC)I've actually heard really interesting things about linux over the years, but never had a demo of it to show me what it would look like. It does sound fascinating--and delightfully crunchy!
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Date: 2008-04-26 06:04 am (UTC)Well, when we get a chance to hang out I'll bring //Zorro (my laptop) along and give you a demo of linux!
It is deliciously crunchy! And sugar sweet!
:D
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Date: 2008-04-27 03:23 pm (UTC)For some strange reason i've always liked Ubuntu's logo... it looks so delicious, i want to bite the orange-red-yellow donut!!!
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Date: 2008-04-28 05:56 am (UTC)And many thanks to you!
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Date: 2008-04-28 05:57 am (UTC)I'm going further down the path this summer, trading in ubuntu for fedora (on one of my computers anyway) And a friend and I are going to make a distro of linux for the sole purpose of proving we can.
Its good to be a geek!
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