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My familiarity of Linux systems is limited because I use [[Windows]] for my home and work computers. I usually only use Linux-based operating systems when I do maintenance on my Web server, but, because Linux is so stable, it's rarely needed. | My familiarity of Linux systems is limited because I use [[Windows]] for my home and work computers. I usually only use Linux-based operating systems when I do maintenance on my Web server, but, because Linux is so stable, it's rarely needed. | ||
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Revision as of 16:17, 11 March 2019
Linux is a family of free open-source operating systems based on the Linux kernel designed by Linus Torvalds and first released on 1991-09-17. Popular operating systems built around the Linux kernel include Ubuntu, Fedora, Gentoo, Debian, and Mint, but there are hundreds of others.
My familiarity of Linux systems is limited because I use Windows for my home and work computers. I usually only use Linux-based operating systems when I do maintenance on my Web server, but, because Linux is so stable, it's rarely needed.
In an effort to leave Microsoft entirely, particularly because I despise all versions of Windows past version 7 and do not want to upgrade when Microsoft kills 7, I have tried to get used to desktop distributions of Linux. I have tried Ubuntu and Kubuntu, but have found their interfaces particularly awful, so I can't switching over just to be hindered by another terrible interface.
Contents
Software
This is Linux software that is important to me.
Applications
Most programs developed for Windows can be emulated in Linux by using the program Wine.
- See all Linux software.
- Audacity
- FileZilla
- Firefox
- FreeFileSync
- LibreOffice
- Pidgin
- Thunderbird
- VirtualBox
- VLC Media Player
- Wine
- XPDF
Games
Games are rarely developed primarily for Linux, but are instead ported to Linux after Windows and Macintosh versions have been made.
- See all Linux games.
Review
I haven't really used Linux enough to give it a proper review.
Links
