Why do I use LINUX?

[Tester5000]

a couple of really nice replies there!

(are there any gals here or is this a guys only thing??? just wondering!?)

How do you contribute to Novell for this wonderful, "free" software?

I have no Idea how?
...other than spreading the word.
I am still rather new t all this!



I was showing my room mate some of the features, and he liked them. He is however a hardcore gamer... not a chance of a convert there!

I am thinking about salvaging PCs and distributing them with LINUX in a social development project... thats way in the future though.

>> How do you contribute to Novell for this wonderful, "free" software?
>
> I have no Idea how?

"contribute" to Novell is easy:
- buy their stock (NOVL) shows you have confidence in them
- buy and use SUSE Linux Enterprise product
- buy a retail box from http://en.opensuse.org/Buy_openSUSE


*but*, Novell doesn't provide FREE software, instead they support this
openSUSE community which does....many many ways to contribute here:

- be involved http://en.opensuse.org/How_to_Participate
- need a T-shirt? http://shop.opensuse.org/
- have a web page? http://en.opensuse.org/Buttons
- translate, proofread, improve the wiki/documentation/etc
- submit bug reports (not just gripe in the fora)
- help other users get started
- spread the word
- etc

and, 'contribute' to open source in general...there are lots of Linux
hackers out there who make it easy to donate to their "tip jar"

--
palladium
Have a lot of fun..

[BrownieCat]

Originally Posted by Tester5000

I like my OpenSUSE!
I like it because it is free. Not in the sense of "I can´t afford a couple of bucks for something else" , rather in the sense of "Air is free, Water is free, sunshine is free, the books I get at the library are free, free love, the best things in life are free"

OK, I´m a bit of a hippy at heart.

And I like the community!
You guys are great!*


*I swear I´ve never had the urge to say something like this to "the corporation."


why do you guys (and gals!?) use LINUX?

I use Linux because:

1. It's free as in freedom, community-developed, and I like that, though I'm not an OS developer or someone who distributes CDs daily.

2. It's modern and secure compared to Windows. In Windows, you get a virus alert message box every few hours, while in Linux, there's hardly any such thing as a virus.
The most modern MS technologies are those of Windows 7, and those will become obsolete as compared to Linux in a few months' time.

3. Linux distros are much kinder to hardware. Honestly, how did MS even manage to make Vista and 7 so bloated? Linux is so feature-rich compared to Windows that I sometimes wonder why its hardware requirements aren't any higher.

4. There's loads of choice if you choose to use Linux. Use openSUSE, Fedora, Ubuntu, Puppy, whatever you like. Use GNOME, KDE, Xfce, whichever one you like. You're not limited to one way of doing things as you are with Windows.