VoiceOfReason
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reasoning? pros and cons? Do not be a bigot, put some analysis here!
<H3>Linux Advantages
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- Low cost: You dont need to spend time and money to obtain licenses since Linux and much of its software come with the GNU General Public License. You can start to work immediately without worrying that your software may stop working anytime because the free trial version expires. Additionally, there are large repositories from which you can freely download high quality software for almost any task you can think of.
- Stability: Linux doesnt need to be rebooted periodically to maintain performance levels. It doesnt freeze up or slow down over time due to memory leaks and such. Continuous up-times of hundreds of days (up to a year or more) are not uncommon.
- Performance: Linux provides persistent high performance on workstations and on networks. It can handle unusually large numbers of users simultaneously, and can make old computers sufficiently responsive to be useful again.
- Network friendliness: Linux was developed by a group of programmers over the Internet and has therefore strong support for network functionality; client and server systems can be easily set up on any computer running Linux. It can perform tasks such as network backups faster and more reliably than alternative systems.
- Flexibility: Linux can be used for high performance server applications, desktop applications, and embedded systems. You can save disk space by only installing the components needed for a particular use. You can restrict the use of specific computers by installing for example only selected office applications instead of the whole suite.
- Compatibility: It runs all common Unix software packages and can process all common file formats.
- Choice: The large number of Linux distributions gives you a choice. Each distribution is developed and supported by a different organization. You can pick the one you like best; the core functionalities are the same; most software runs on most distributions.
- Fast and easy installation: Most Linux distributions come with user-friendly installation and setup programs. Popular Linux distributions come with tools that make installation of additional software very user friendly as well.
- Full use of hard disk: Linux continues work well even when the hard disk is almost full.
- Multitasking: Linux is designed to do many things at the same time; e.g., a large printing job in the background wont slow down your other work.
- Security: Linux is one of the most secure operating systems. Walls and flexible file access permission systems prevent access by unwanted visitors or viruses. Linux users have to option to select and safely download software, free of charge, from online repositories containing thousands of high quality packages. No purchase transactions requiring credit card numbers or other sensitive personal information are necessary.
- Open Source: If you develop software that requires knowledge or modification of the operating system code, Linuxs source code is at your fingertips. Most Linux applications are Open Source as well.
Therefore from the Pros and Cons If you can learn Linux I highly recommend it...Learning curve
Equivalent programs
While I gave the example before of an office suite of programs that is working well, there are still applications that do not exist in Linux. Thankfully, this list has become much more narrow in recent months. You will want to think carefully when you switch to Linux about what programs you currently use, and if they have Linux support for them. It may not make sense for you to switch if you are going to spend tons of time converting databases and application data.
More technical ability needed
You will want to make sure that you train someone in Linux really well. Alternately, you could hire someone who has experience with Linux. A good Linux administrator needs to be on hand as you start to migrate your systems over. This is a disadvantage financially, at least in the beginning. You may find over time, however, that you only need a temporary administrator to handle the routine tasks.
Not all hardware compatible
Some of the latest and greatest hardware that is being produced is not compatible with Linux. At least, not yet. The people that contribute program code and drivers to the Linux kernel are great at including support fairly quickly. Until that time, not everything you buy for hardware in your system may work. I've had to rely on third-party drivers and other means to make hardware like a new Ethernet card work. Eventually, the support will be built in. One thing you can do is before your purchase, ask if the hardware vendor has support for Linux. Some manufacturers do write their own Linux drivers and distribute them with your purchase, making it very easy to integrate with your existing system.
you have made me laugh umeitoa wapi hii picha,i want to put it in my destop
you have made me laugh umeitoa wapi hii picha,i want to put it in my destop
Ooo imeenda kwa Oracle, kwa kuhofia Oracle kuiua wameanzisha hii kitu:Zipo nyingi tu online hizi ni adverts za linux kwa wale wanaopenda Linux
ingawa ni ukweli hatuhitaji windows... hivi unajua hata kuna office ya bure ambayo ni nzuri kama microsoft office OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite
Kuna mtu yeyote anajua mtu ukitaka kusoma sourcecode za program kama openoffice liberaloffice ubuntu unatumia program gani.
The first step is to download a kernel. You can find one here,
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v…
Extract this to a folder in your home directory. All kernels are under something called "version control", so if you ever mess anything up you can type
make mrproper
in a terminal window to reset everything. It's very important that you do this as yourself and NOT as the superuser; whenever you are editing any source code, you do not want to accidentally install or overwrite anything until you are happy with it and know exactly which changes are going to happen to your system, and editing everything as yourself prevents this from happening. You will have full write access to every file you just extracted in the kernel and can change anything you want. If anyone tells you you have to be the superuser to edit these files, they are simply wrong and are giving you bad information.
To learn how to edit the kernel (the main linux source), you should go here.
KernelHacking - Linux Kernel Newbies
When your kernel is just the way you want it, or to test changes at any time, you can type in
make bzImage
to create a kernel image. Most of the time, if anything is wrong, you will get errors that will prevent you from being able to make a kernel image, and the compiler will tell you where those errors are.
Once you're done, and only once you're done editing everything, you can then become the super user with sudo -s.
You then need to copy your kernel image to your boot directory. It's a good idea to name your new kernel something different from the one you're booting up with, so that if something goes wrong you can just go back to using your old kernel. It's also a good idea, if you don't already have one, to download a livecd to use as a rescue disk.
So if inside your boot directory you have
/boot/linux
you want to do this
mv /boot/linux{,-2.6.23} && ln -s /boot/linux{2.6.23,}
(assuming your current kernel is 2.6.23, change that to whatever version you are using), and then do this
cp /home/( your name )/linux-(your version, I'm assuming 2.6.31.1)/arch/x86/boot/bzImage /boot/linux-2.6.31.1
After that you're going to have to configure your boot manager to use your new kernel. Find out if you use grub or lilo, then go to one of these links
For grub:
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-fa…
For lilo:
http://www.linux-tutorial.info/modules.p…
An easy way to test which one you have is to type in
which grub
or
which lilo
into a terminal. Usually only one of those will tell you what you have. If you have both, you can use whichever one you're more comfortable. Most people these days use grub.
Seen this Online..... Hope it helps
Thnks but not much what i wanted . Nilichopenda kujua ni program gani unaweza kutumia kuona source code as a whole za software ya ubuntu au opne office. Lakini sana sana nilitaka za open officce nione kama je watanzania tunaweza kutengeneza/ kubadilisha interface ya kiswahili kwenye open office