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It's Time To Try Linux, Just For FunI'm reading a wonderfully interesting book, Just For Fun, regarding Linus Torvalds and the rise of the Linux operating system. I don't know much about Linux. I know that's it's an open source operating system that's based on the Unix OS. I know that it's free and comes in various flavors, including Red Hat, Yellow Dog, and SuSE. I know that I've been considering installing it on my Mac just to try it out, but due to the constraints of time and lack of hard drive space I've put the exercise off. But now that I've picked up an old PC, perhaps I'll give it a shot. In keeping aligned with Mr. Torvalds' philosophy (as outlined in his book), I think it'd be fun.
Of course, I've got a million other things to do right now--a website to update, an Internet radio station playlist/stream to maintain, this blog to improve, a resume to update, and a million other projects. So when am I going to find the time to play with Linux? I suppose if I look at it from an investment perspective it will satisfy my need (or desire) to continue being productive while having fun. Linux can be used as the server for an Internet radio station; by learning how to set this up I will be prepared in case I should ever decide to webcast permanently from a home server. (Currently I'm using Live365's server and bandwidth-hosting services, although I do webcast live from my Mac occasionally.) Of course, I could always use my Mac to do this--it's already running a flavor of Unix called OS X, which is stable and reliable enough to do this. Yet it would be awfully expensive to do so, considering the same could be done with a cheap PC and a free version of Linux. One thing's for certain--the time is ripe for someone like me to give Linux a chance. More and more "normal users" are switching over to Linux as their preferred desktop environment, as the installation has become easier over the years. Since I'm somewhat technically savvy--even if more from a beta testing standpoint than a programming one--I'd probably be the perfect user of the OS. I don't know a lick about programming, but I have the propensity (and the patience) to install and test out software applications. And Linux, of course, being an entire operating system, may require some patience and flexibility during the installation/testing phase. Or not--as I mentioned, I don't know much about Linux, so I may be surprised at how easy it is to install and use.
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