Why is it when Windows people go to ‘take a look at Linux’, they seem to pick the distro that needs the most configuration? OK, maybe that was a little harsh. But there are distros out there right now that will work wonders right out of the box…

After a hectic schedule, I decided to give myself a break. So I decided that I will install Linux just for fun the refresh my memory on the linux front. It is also a small bet with my colleague that I could be productive and have fun with Linux just the way I work with Windows. I was arguing on the fact that there is no better learning platform than Linux. I’ve worked only on RedHat 7,8,9 distros that are distributed with magazines. There is this old joke about Open Source communities vs. Closed source vendors . It goes something like this.

“Commercial vendors sell software but give away free T-Shirts. Open source communities give free software but sell T-Shirts.” [Read the rest]