CSLUG: Chico State Linux User's Group
 
 
 

Why Use Linux?

  • It's the most versatile and powerful operating environment for your computer!
  • It's fully customizable for your needs!
  • It's a very secure computing environment! No more MS viruses!
  • It's user-friendly! A choice of different windows a desktop environments!
  • It's pretty darned inexpensive or even free!

Major vendors:

Many others...
www.linux.org/dist

What Exactly Is Linux?

  • A non-proprietary OS for many different hardware platforms: Intel, Macintosh, Others...
  • It's an Open Source product: updates, fixes and upgrades are free

Who's Using Linux?

Oracle

http://www.oracle.com/

IBM

IBM http://www-1.ibm.com/linux/

Hewlett-Packard (case studies using HP equipment)

http://h30046.www3.hp.com/search.php?topiccode=linuxcasestudy

K-12 Schools

http://k12linux.org/
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6349

Higher Education

Higher Education http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5650

What Does Open Source Mean?

Open Source is a software development philosophy that gives the source code used to developed an application (program) to the community at large for making changes to a program or just seeing how it was developed. This is a different philosophy from "proprietary" vendors who maintain than application source code is intellectual property belonging to the company at which it was developed, and is therefore not released to the public.

Linux, the core operating system, and nearly all applications developed for it are Open Source products, meaning end users can view and make modifications to it. In fact, all development of Linux and its applications are made by end users, not a corporation.

What About Applications?

Wonderful windowing environments

KDE www.kde.org Gnome www.gnome.org

Loads of free applications!

What If I Need Help?

CSU, Chico Linux Users Group (CSLUG)

   www.cslug.org

Basic Linux Training (on-line moderated *free* course)