Who Should - or Shouldn't - Use Linux?
Independence Day may come only once a year here in the land of stars and stripes, but the topic of independence is one that's never far from Linux bloggers' minds.
Freedom, in other words, and all the myriad benefits that go along with it. It's an oft-cited reason for using our favorite operating system, and it's also a topic that got examined up close recently by the inquiring minds over at TuxRadar.
"We want to know whether the primary reason you use open source software is for its freedom or for its function," the inquiring minds wrote -- referring, of course, to freedom of the "speech" and not the "beer" kind.
They didn't have to wait long to find out. More than 50 bloggers fairly tripped over themselves in their haste to weigh in with their own perspectives, which included not just numerous variations on "function" and "freedom" but also "the penguin with no pants."
Yes, well, ahem. Moving right along ...
'10 People Who Should Use Linux'
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