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The First Post: Linux: The Geek Grows Up

Apr 08, 2007, 00:00 (1 Talkback[s])

[ Thanks to John Warburton for this link. ]

"Familiar with Apple's 'I'm a Mac, I'm a PC' ad campaign, in which David Mitchell plays uptight Windows PC to hip Mac alternative, Robert Webb? You'd be forgiven for thinking that was the choice: Windows or OSX.

"Actually, there's a third way. Linux is an open source operating system, its computer code freely available to anybody who wants to use, tweak or improve it. It's supported by a range of software--open source and familiar names including Acrobat, Skype and RealPlayer--that will do pretty much anything most people do on a Mac or Windows machine..."

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