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to set computer users free
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using open information and
the free exchange of technology
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to achieve its goals.
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This revolution began in the 1980's with
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the Free Software Movement and GNU project.
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And now is most commonly associated
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with Linux and the Open Source Movement.
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What is Linux?
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We do have one sector that taking off today.
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It is the Linux-related sector.
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And I thought this might be
a good opportunity to say,
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"What is Linux?"
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And I'll answer this question for you.
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Many of you probably already know,
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but
There are 12 million users out there
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A computer Operating System
developed by hundreds of
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programmers collaborating on the Internet
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A challenge to Microsoft Windows NT
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Very popular for its speed
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and so this's what the craze is about
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To kind of explain what Linux is you have to
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explain what an Operating System is
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And... the thing about Operating System is
you, I mean...
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you're never ever supposed to see it.
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Because...
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nobody really uses an Operating System,
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people use... programs... on their computer
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And the only mission in life
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of an operating system is to help
those programs run.
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So an operating system never does
anything on its own
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It's only waiting for the programs to
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ask for certain resources or,
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or, ask for a certain file on the disk
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or ask for the programs to
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connect them to the outside world.
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And then the operating system
comes, steps in and then
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tries to make it easy for people
to write programs
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And, What is Open Source?
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Open Source is a way for people to collaborate
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on software without being encumbered
by all of the problems of intellectual property,