Do you like Linux? (If so. Why?)

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The linux foudation really needs to work on their infographics... I really don't think the male to female ratio of developers working on the linux kernel is 1:1. Plus why is one of the guys pink? The pie charts at the end of the infographic do not state when 'then' and 'now' are.

1991 and 2011 as per the "20 years of Linux" graphic on the page footer, I assume.

I don't think so because none of these distributions were not around in 1991: (in fact, there were no Linux distribution in 1991, the kernel had just be written, I would say Slackware (1993) was probably the first real distribution)

- Red Hat: 1994
- Slackware: 1993
- Debian: 1993
- SUSE: 1994
- Ubuntu: 2004
- Mandrake: 1998

So 'Then' couldn't be any earlier than 2004, though my best guess would be maybe late 2005, early 2006... I think by the summer of 2006 Ubuntu was starting to take off.

Ah hmm, good point - and 2004 at the earliest makes much more sense for the 'Then' chart.

Also, Slackware was much more popular in the early days. I don't think "red hat: 45%, slackware: 18%" makes sense for the mid-90's.

I like linux because...

when I tinker around with it, it doesn't go *ding* and tell me no you can't do that you don't know what you're doing you might break it! like windows always did (haven't broken it yet!)

since November, it's frozen: one time (which I remember well because I was watching Doctor Who on iplayer at the time. I may have screamed at it... a little bit... )

if I want to work out if the PC sold to me cheep because “it doesn't work, only good for parts” is actually broken or if it just doesn't work because it's got aprox 380mb RAM and they tried to put XP on it (seriously, why?), there's a distro that'll run on less than 380mb RAM.

If your kernel doesn't panic when you walk in the room you are being too nice to it!






Or you are a much better programmer than I am.

I think it's probably more to do with having an uncle in the phonebook who's been a linux 'expert' since redhat first came out. Makes for damn amazing tech support.

I like linux because it's open, easy to use and really nice overall :3

I like puppy linux because it allows me to run a modern, secure operating system on 512mb of RAM with plenty to spare.

I only *hate* one OS, win98/me. It really wasn't worth switching from 3x until xp. Restricting yourself only blinds you. Most platforms these days have their fair share of great software.

I have a special place in the darkest recesses of my mind where all memories of windows 95 are banished to in order spend eternity in torment.

Can't find a facepalm smiley so instead I give you -

Yeah, a wall would be more appropriate...

Lmao!

Its free better version of the mac

I like linux because it's fun to do everything from the command prompt. I use gentoo unless I'm feeling too lazy to deal with the installation, in which case I use ubuntu. I keep xp on dualboot just in case I need to make some graphics in photoshop, or play a game.

At present, I've been too lazy to set up linux (I have a newish PC), but when the mood strikes me - and I get sick of constantly using windows - I will most likely throw gentoo on one of my drives.

I like Linux because it's faster than Windows, it's free (in both senses of the term), it isn't quite as cultish as Mac OS, and it's highly customizable. If you don't like GNOME 3 then just try KDE, or xfce4, or MATE (a fork of GNOME 2). And you can mix and match features of these if you want. And you can edit the various system files (which, admittedly, is a bit scary). And the command line is fun.

I use Linux Mint (an Ubuntu derivative, with a few extra features, and without Unity). I was very happy with Linux Mint 11, using GNOME 2, but made the stupid decision to "upgrade" (I was bored and though, "What's the worst that can happen?"). I swear it took me a month to get Linux Mint 12 working the way I wanted it. Mainly because I don't like GNOME 3 and MATE is still in development and hence needed to frigging with. But now I'm back where I want to be and everything is good!