The top 10 lies about Linux

What Linux is and what it is not

Preface

My first experience with Linux dates back to 1995, when I got a hold of Slackware 2 CD and installed it on my then 486 machine with 2 MB RAM and 120 MB hard drive. When Red Hat later came out, I switched to use it instead and spent countless hours learning and using that then free distribution. At the same time I had IBM OS/2 Warp and MS DOS running from other partitions.

Using Linux back then was quite a different experience, especially in Eastern Europe with its lack of Internet access. The files could be obtained thru the Newsgroups or from the rare BBS which was run by someone with Internet access.

Linux soon appeared to be a convenient platform for everything Internet related, and I started taking contracts installing and configuring Red Hat, Mandrake and Slackware primarily for the file servers and web sites with Apache and MySQL or for the web browsing and instant messaging use on the desktop.

Currently I am supporting IT operations of a large corporation with global presence and some our applications run on Redhat Enterprise Linux.

Over time I came to realization that not all understand, that Linux is not a magic bullet. Lots of frustration could be avoided if there was understanding, that there are several lies spread about Linux (intentionally or not).

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