The Linux itself is an Operating System(OS) which Linus Torvalds created in college. The project started April 1991 and a full version (1.0.0) was released on March 14, 1994. Since then, the OS has become a large hit with corporate companies, developers, and the users themselves. Linux is a very versatile OS and has been used with many upon many of different devices.
Linux is different from Mac and Windows in that it is free to install. There are many different distros one can choose from on the Linux OS that can fit just the kind of system a user wants. The OS also suffers less malware attacks because most malware is designed for Windows users instead of Linux. Some of the bad things are that some applications that work for Windows will NOT work for Linux. So people who are switching from Windows to Linux may run into some problems. Finding hardware that supports the Linux OS is also pretty difficult because a lot of things like printers or scanners are built with the Windows OS in mind, not the Linux.
The title of this post made it sound like it was going to be heavily opinion based and directed against Torvalds being a great programmer, so I was actually a little disappointed when this turned out to be mostly positive. I guess that's just because it would've felt entertaining to see someone with a more provocative viewpoint.
ReplyDeleteStill, at the same time, I like how you explained how you went right from not knowing the guy to realizing how successful he is. It put into perspective that Torvalds' name isn't well known, but what he accomplished is.
Sorry to disappoint but I like to stay mainly positive when I write about people. It doesn't feel right to criticize based on what they could have done better, or even failed at, when they've accomplished so much more than anyone really could have asked of them. Celebrate the good parts, I say.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, it really was nice to get to know more about Torvalds regardless that this was a project or not. It's kind of a shame really that not many people really know the guy without a little bit of digging around, or maybe it's just me. Not sure which just yet but yeah I didn't know anything about him and no one really talks about him. It's usually Microsoft or Apple that get a lot of media and publicity, not so much the Linux.
This post was very well written and formatted. When I first read the title I was expecting you to have an almost negative view on Linus but that was not the case, this post was mostly positive. The post was very insightful and I enjoyed reading it, mainly because it is gentle on the eyes. I also like that you put the Linux penguin at the bottom of the post! All in all was a very well written post.
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