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Overview
Linux is an Operating System that was first released in 1991 by Linux Torvalds, and has been upgraded by a lot of people from all of the world since it's first release. If you have any experience with Unix and DOS long time ago, you would feel familiar with Linux. Early release was based on mainly command line and now many distribution packages comes out with default GUI, from which you may have Windows or MAC like look-and-feel.
There are a lot of debates/discussions on Pros-and-Cons of Linux especially comparing to Windows. As you know, there is nothing which is better in every aspects and is worse in every aspects. Everything has it's own merits in a certain field or in a certain aspects.
Personally, I haven't used Linux much mainly due to things listed under "Why we don't want to use Linux", but lately I started using Linux due to "Why we want to use Linux". Does it mean that I completely gave up using Windows ? Of course not, still over 90% of my time with PC would be with Windows.
An article What is Linux and why is it so popular? from HowStuffWorks says Linux would be appealing to such a people as listed below. I think it make sense to me (I fall into at least two categories of these) •People who already know UNIX and want to run it on PC-type hardware •People who want to experiment with operating system principles •People who need or want a great deal of control over their operating system •People who have personal problems with Microsoft
Why we want to use Linux ?
Why we don't want to use Linux ?
Popular Distribution Packages
There are a lot of distribution packages of Linux (somebody say there are over 500 different packages). Here goes a list of popular packages (I am using Ubuntu for my personal labtop and using Red Hat Enterprise at work)
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