So, finally at long-last, I decided to really check out how deep this entire open source oriented and the much talked about non-window and non-mac platform really is. What am I talking about ?
Well of course, LINUX. We use it, hear about it every single day but somehow it still stays hidden in the shadows. According to a net-survey it has claimed the heart of about 70 of the top 100 supercomputers all over the world. But let’s leave these supercomputers to the peculiar beings, whom they call The Computer Scientist.
Let’s just look around and again what do we see ?
Either a Linux derivation ( Android) or an iPhone. Okay, let’s talk about these handy laptops, well, to be honest - windows is the most common one that I come across. But I am
really beginning to question this “norm”. Who amongst windows users hasn’t seen the dreaded “Blue Screen of Death”. Or the near-constant hanging up of the system and god-only-knows-what background process and update.
But from what I have read and experimented with LINUX I am already quite impressed.
God, this thing is the brainchild of geniuses and that too far safer than the windows environment. Plus apart from being a haven for the programmer, it’s quickly gaining up the lead in the trendy UI revolution with Ubuntu coming up on the mobile phones.
I discover more interesting things by the minute like GNU( the full form is a typical case of programmer’s witty humour ) and the entire Free Software Movement.
So, this blog is about this exploration and I would most certainly keep you updated about these awesome things that I come across.
So, till next time,
This is Himanshu Sharma
Over and Out =)
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