Comments on: What is Linux?

By: YomorokaXD

YomorokaXD — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:24:45 +0000

really!? then how are the so good at making an os?

By: CoverlessTech

CoverlessTech — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:13:02 +0000

There is no “they”. Linux is maintained by the community that uses it. We are programmers and implement/fix things in the OS ourselves.

By: YomorokaXD

YomorokaXD — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:32:29 +0000

@CoverlessTech oh… kool

By: djdexcat

djdexcat — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:41:08 +0000

Can’t advocate Linux enough. Had an old XP laptop; it just started caving in on itself. Once it got to 20 minute boot times and ultra-slow programs, I put Ubuntu on it. Worked like brand new!
If you have an older computer like mine, I’d go with GNOME as a desktop environment. KDE, from my experience, can eat up your limited resources.

Sadly, though, I’m typing this on a Windows 7 computer. I’m a gamer, yeah, but also ‘The Man’ heavily influences what programs are used in college…

By: djdexcat

djdexcat — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:23:04 +0000

…What’s that? Just dual boot on my W7 computer? Yeah, I tried that. Worked fine with Vista, but when I tried it on 7 it freaked out and accused me of piracy

I *am* relatively new to Linux, having only started last year or so. I plan on sticking with Ubuntu until I get some Computer Science classes done. Then I can fully appreciate the subtle-yet-dealbreaking differences between the distros.
No matter what, I’d still recommend Ubuntu for any of you ‘non-geeks’ out there.

By: footballfullback

footballfullback — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:22:17 +0000

So you can get a computer without a windows license? And if you already have windows and you don’t play games, why switch to linux?

By: OSGUIShow

OSGUIShow — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:07:59 +0000

yes you can
because Windows has spyware built into it
its is the most unsecured unreliable OS in the world
Linux is the most reliable and secure and fast OS it kicks ass on Win 7

By: Darkrai1100

Darkrai1100 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:55:52 +0000

If someone dual boots a windows computer,
Will files be able to be shared thourout both?
Such as Documents, videos, and music?
Or should someone copy all the user’s data to a flash drive and plug it into Linux???

By: scientiavictoria

scientiavictoria — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:43:27 +0000

from within a GNU/Linux system you can access your files on FAT or NTFS file systems on your “window” harddrive. The problem is that microsoft dont add compability to other filesystems so accessing files on your extX filesystems will be impossible (if you dont find software for accessing your “linux” harddrive). I recommend against dualboot. Its better to install Debian GNU/Linux on a separate/new machine. That way you can familiarize yourself with Linux and still access tutorials via windows.

By: scientiavictoria

scientiavictoria — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:12:29 +0000

Its very good that you spread the good word of freedom. Not telling people that they can access freedom is unethical, keep up the good work but.. here’s the deal. Before posting videos like this, please read up on what “open source” means and why “free software” is a better term. Open source does NOT give you permission to redistribute a spin-off edition of for instance Firefox. Free software does. See Stallman and the four rights for free software as a reference.