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Linux Going Mainstream

Posted by michael on from the oh-joy dept.

Gossi writes "The BBC is carrying an excellent overview of the growing use of Linux, by many different fields. The article says it all, really, and is probably something you should show your Boss."

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  1. Do your part! by chrispl · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I carry a variety of flavors of Linux CDs in my car and use live version to show friends and family what they are missing. Suse 9.0 live-eval works great for showing people what this "linux thing" they have read about is.

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  2. Makes up for their recent writeup on SCO by Heggsy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This ons still makes me slightly cross:

    Earlier BBC story

    Still, I suppose that the latest story is written by someone who has Clue. I'm told that they exist, even at the BBC.

  3. Re:Government, yup by The+Slashdotted · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's interesting to note the similarities between the desires of governments and small businesses. Right now, as a Linux newb, I've set up SmoothWall and Red Hat on old computers in a back room. The owner's only demands are that it be near free (as in beer), and it be customizable. With CUPS and OpenOffice out of the box, I can type basic memos. I can hardly wait for OSSuite to come out with the next release (I need product attributes), and he'll be ready for the future on some Pentium 2s