What’s FOSS? FOSS is an acronym for Free & Open Source Software[1]. Most software that we are familiar with is not open source. What does it mean that something is open source vs being proprietary? Why should we want something that is open source vs something...
Why Use Linux? Last time, we looked at what Linux is and is not. Today, we’ll lay out part of why you should want to use Linux rather than Windows or macOS. Let me recap just a bit from what Linux is before we jump into the meat of today’s post, ok? So, what is Linux?...
Hi Again, Today I thought we would roll things back a bit and take a look at what some of the core topics I’ve been covering really are. First things first, we will take a look at what Linux is, and what it isn’t. If I have space, I will talk about infrastructure,...