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1. (linux) (4416↑, 726↓)
If Operating Systems Ran The Airlines... UNIX Airways Everyone brings one piece of the plane along when they come to the airport. They all go out on the runway and put the plane together piece by piece, arguing non-stop about what kind of plane they are supposed to be building. Air DOS Everybody pushes the airplane until it glides, then they jump on and let the plane coast until it hits the ground again. Then they push again, jump on again, and so on... Mac Airlines All the stewards, captains, baggage handlers, and ticket agents look and act exactly the same. Every time you ask questions about details, you are gently but firmly told that you don't need to know, don't want to know, and everything will be done for you without your ever having to know, so just shut up. Windows Air The terminal is pretty and colourful, with friendly stewards, easy baggage check and boarding, and a smooth take-off. After about 10 minutes in the air, the plane explodes with no warning whatsoever. Windows NT Air Just like Windows Air, but costs more, uses much bigger planes, and takes out all the other aircraft within a 40-mile radius when it explodes. Windows XP Air You turn up at the airport,which is under contract to only allow XP Air planes. All the aircraft are identical, brightly coloured and three times as big as they need to be. The signs are huge and all point the same way. Whichever way you go, someone pops up dressed in a cloak and pointed hat insisting you follow him. Your luggage and clothes are taken off you and replaced with an XP Air suit and suitcase identical to everyone around you as this is included in the exorbitant ticket cost. The aircraft will not take off until you have signed a contract. The inflight entertainment promised turns out to be the same Mickey Mouse cartoon repeated over and over again. You have to phone your travel agent before you can have a meal or drink. You are searched regularly throughout the flight. If you go to the toilet twice or more you get charged for a new ticket. No matter what destination you booked you will always end up crash landing at Whistler in Canada. Linux Air Disgruntled employees of all the other OS airlines decide to start their own airline. They build the planes, ticket counters, and pave the runways themselves. They charge a small fee to cover the cost of printing the ticket, but you can also download and print the ticket yourself. When you board the plane, you are given a seat, four bolts, a wrench and a copy of the seat-HOWTO.html. Once settled, the fully adjustable seat is very comfortable, the plane leaves and arrives on time without a single problem, the in-flight meal is wonderful. You try to tell customers of the other airlines about the great trip, but all they can say is, "You had to do what with the seat?"

Sorry, this is the best analogy on the subject of linux, has been around for a long time, and is anonymous. BTW, linux is the kernel, GNU/GPL software make up the rest of the OS and apps. GNU/Linux is the way lawyers will say it in court.

2. (linux) (2373↑, 700↓)
It's just an operating system folks, not a religion.

Sure it's an incredibly versatile and stable operating system, but it's not the holy grail.

3. (Linux) (5314↑, 3976↓)
An overblown "Wal-Mart" OS written by programmers who lack the balls and social skills to walk their own dog. How many of these fucks actually own a house, anyway? Suppossed to be an alternative to [Windows] but is way overrated, has shit for features and a lousy, cryptic GUI. This is how fucked up Linux is: Novell bought SuSE. That's the kiss-of-death. Ask them what their installed base is? BTW...hackers prefer Windows only because it's more prevalent. If Linux's installed base hits decent numbers in maybe the next 20 years, that turdball OS will be picked apart like a dead dog in the desert.

The calculator froze up again. Oh, that runs on a Linux kernel. He just started developing Linux apps and is already asking me to borrow money. I took the IP chains off my laptop and now I can't access my dick. John from Novell emailed again. Just redirect his emails to the Salvation Army, thanks.

4. (Linux) (1899↑, 802↓)
An excellent operating system that is more stable than Microsoft's Windows. Good for server use, but not practical for the average (aka home or gamer) user since it isn't compatible with most programs. Notably used by either people who do know what they're doing, or immature idiots who think they're "l337" because they spited "M$" out of money (and seemingly wrote 90% of the definitions on this word as well).

Linux is a good OS, but it's most vocal users are hypociritcal idiots.

5. (Linux) (852↑, 114↓)
Pronunciation: LIH-nucks or LIE-nucks 1. A reimplementation of the [UNIX] operating system kernel, written by Linus Torvalds, and distributed for free on the Internet. Linux has acheived remarkable compatibility with UNIX, from the point of view of a programmer compiling his software from the source code. Software originally written for UNIX can usually be compiled to run on Linux with no modifications. Linux binaries cannot run on UNIX systems that don't have Linux compatibility on purpose. Linux can be made to run binaries from SCO OpenServer via the Intel Binary Compatibility Standard (IBCS). Linux is more compatible with UNIX systems that descend from UNIX System V than it is with BSD systems such as FreeBSD. 2. The Linux kernel, bundled with application programs like those that come with UNIX. When these applications are products of the Free Software Foundation, the combination is called GNU/Linux (the G in GNU is pronounced). When the kernel is combined with applications, the result is called a Linux "distribution." Some distributions are commercially sold and have their own brand names. 3. A registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. 4. A religion practiced largely on the USENET newsgroup comp.os.linux.advocacy. The primary ritual of Linux is arguing endlessly with one of two denominations of Linux practitioners: Linux advocates, and Windows advocates, over whether or not Linux is better than Microsoft Windows. The arguments that make up the ritual can be divided into five categories: Linux sucks, Linux rules, Windows sucks, Microsoft sucks and personal insults. Linux practitioners are even more fervent than computer users who engage in other so-called "religious wars" such as the classic EMACS vs. Vi. 3. A registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Linux (the operating system) looks and feels very much like Sun Solaris, despite the fact that it is not based on the original UNIX kernel, and even its shell commands are complete rewrites of the originals. GNOME, the graphical interface of Solaris, was written for Linux first. Since its inception in 1991, Linux has become the most popular UNIX-like operating system, beating Solaris, and even UNIX-based Mac OS X.

1. \linux 2.6 does better under heavy load than \linux 2.4 did. 2. We have a web server running Red Hat \linux.

6. (Linux) (785↑, 193↓)
A computer operating system known primarily for its stability and its involvement with the Free Software and Open Source Software movements.

When I ran Windows I had to reboot every day, but since I've switched to Linux I now count my time between reboots in months.

Author: Anonymous Coward http://linux.urbanup.com/161353
7. (Linux) (701↑, 208↓)
NOT AN OPERATING SYSTEM\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\! Linux is a KERNEL, NOT AN OPERATING SYSTEM started by Linus Torvalds in 1991 at University of Helsinki in Finland. Linux was at first just a hobby for Linus. Linux is [free software]. It just so happened that just when Linux was getting usable, [GNU] had everything it needed except a kernel. Thus, people started using Linux with GNU to make a completely free UNIX-like operating system called GNU/Linux. Today Linux and GNU/Linux have come a long way from the early 1990's, although they're still mostly used by geeks.

Linux is at version 2.6.xx as of mid 2005.

8. (linux) (327↑, 206↓)
This thread really needs to be fucking sorted out. Linux is an operating system that some people use as an alternative to Windows. When I was at university I used it and it never crashed on me, and it could perform operations that Windows heads could only wet dream of. That is, operations that you'd have to perform if you were using a computer on a "professional" level. It's good for the techie stuff but Windows is best for general things, IMHO. I run XP on my computer at home and it works good enough for me... the previous versions didn't though. Both systems have their good and bad points so stop acting like five year olds with your dumb little one upmanship. You'll be saying "my dad could have your dad" next. Or maybe that was last week. And the pronunciation is "lin-uhckz", not "linn-ix".

Linux is an operating system

9. (Linux) (199↑, 84↓)
A free, stable OS that will do the job of $1200 worth of Windows Server.

People who run Linux are doing the world a favour by giving Microsoft a reason to get their head out of their ass and actually write code.

Author: Joe Montmatre http://linux.urbanup.com/227438
10. (Linux) (211↑, 109↓)
An extremely stable Operating system, and drives server/networks like a dream, due to hardly ever going down, or having to reboot, can stay up for years due to its rock solid code. Also, the only thing which stands between Microsoft and World Domination. Microsoft programmers also make their programs/OS's on Linux boxes....

Microsoft tried to dominate the world, but Linux jumped up and stabbed them in the face.

11. (linux) (155↑, 61↓)
The [Operating System] that POWERS [urbandictionary] you [asshole]s. Go on to www.netcraft.com Then look up "www.urbandictionary.com" on the web server search. I see SEVEN linux servers, and 2 netbsd/openbsd servers. I was able to install Mandrake Linux on my computer without any help, BECAUSE I [RTFM]\! Like when I first installed [WINDOWS]\!\! All the people who said shit about linux either: 1) Heard about it from Microsoft 2) Heard about it from SCO 3) Heard about it from some anti-linux group. 4) Saw a friend use Slackware 5) Saw a friend use the terminal. 6) Tried using Slackware as their first distro. Linux is a great computer for all uses except crashing on you. Ubuntu, Suse, Mandrake, and MEPIS are great linux distros that offer excellent user friendliness WITH GRAPHICAL TOOLS. So you don't even HAVE TO USE THE FUCKING TERMINAL\!\! Only thing you can't do is run Windows stuff, like WINDOWS AIM, and WINDOWS EXPLORER, so don't even try doing stupid ass stuff.

Dumbass:: Linux sucks because there's no aim client. Me:: Dumbass, AIM FOR LINUX, GAIM, KOPETE, LICQ, and NAIM\!

12. (linux) (124↑, 34↓)
A kernel (NOT an operating system in and of itself) used to power the GNU operating system components. This makes up a relatively stable, free operating system known as GNU-Linux.

Linux, free as in speech (and hopefully beer\!)

Author: NoOneSpecial http://linux.urbanup.com/440338
13. (Linux) (150↑, 79↓)
(1) An operating system created and used by literate people with functioning brains. (2) An operating system subject to bashing by people who dont fit in the above category.

Wow, Doom 3 Alpha runs even faster on my Linux box\! What? You're rebooting your XP machine to install the game? Oh thats a shame...

14. (linux) (169↑, 105↓)
An OS that rarely crashes, runs on most hardware (yes, even that 486 you can get cheap from a blowout sale), and is the thing the Beast of Redmond (Microsoft) fears most. It's also the cheapest OS you'll ever buy.

Once switching to Linux, I never looked back.

15. (Linux) (106↑, 45↓)
Incredibly stable OS which is completly free and can be changed in anyway and distributed freely. Often insulted by newbies or people with not enought patience to figure it out. Many different flavors of Linux.

Linux almost never crashes and works fast.

16. (Linux) (104↑, 46↓)
A highly stable OS designed for the most elite of computer users. Apparantly it is often dissed on by computer newbies and gamers who think that is is an inferior operating system. There aren't many games for it, hence the reason computer gamers dislike it. And lazy bums don't like it because you actually have to do some work to install something. Or even read a readme file god-forbid\! Newbies hate it because it helps eliminate 'clicky-clicky-clicky', the repetitive disease most windows users suffer (which is also apparantly addictive). Linux machines take up a very good portion of all network servers, and due to their stability - companies that use these systems rarely suffer from downtime. Because of these features, Linux is perfect for both businesses and geeks alike. It is also much more cost effiecient, see below. Price comparision: Windoze XP - $100-200 Windoze 2000 Pro - $180 Windoze 2000 server - $900 + Windoze 2000 Advanced server - $1200+ Linux box set with documentation and official CDs - $20 - $70 Linux (any distro) - Free download

Woot\! Look at that penguin go\!

17. (linux) (78↑, 25↓)
GNU/Linux is about empowering users to a choice. Linux is a kernel (guts of an [OS]). GNU/Linux is the kernel with GNU tools to form a complete OS. GNU is a software revolution that is open and free in every since of the word. The code (software) is open to anybody to download and/or modify as long as you share the modifications with others. This is an open concept like university research. Everybody benifeits from the colaboration of others. In a closed enviornment inovation and quality are stifiled.

heep://www.urbandictionary.com uses Linux and very glad to see they know what they are doing by using php. Live free or die\!

18. (Linux) (121↑, 70↓)
Linux is an OS. For those that don't know it does have a gui. Gnome and KDE have icons. It's not just about code. Most of the people on this page just need something that doesn't require you to know about computers. Windows is for people that need to use E-mail and surf the web without knowing about computers. It's made with the users in mind, while Linux is made with operation in mind.

Linux runs the most servers, while Windows runs the most games and E-mail clients.

19. (Linux) (91↑, 41↓)
An open source operating system that tends to get more secure and desktop ready everyday\!\!

To break a Linux box, you will have to work at it.. To break a Windows box, you just have to work on it..

Author: Son of Jorel http://linux.urbanup.com/424460
20. (linux) (94↑, 45↓)
See the [future].

Linux is the future of operating systems. Watch out Windows\!\!

21. (linux) (94↑, 54↓)
Linux's nature is very stable, reliable and secure and opensource, so its easily configurable to suite the needs of the user/organiSation. Due to these natures linux is best for productive, technical, work. This includes; *Serving *Programming *Hacking Linux is not meant for the "average Joe" that just wants to check his hotmail or someone that wants to see his friends over msn webcam. However, because of the nature of most (all) linux distros developers have made many different kinds of apps and games available to linux. A technical user that understands linux can do the same things you can do on windows (even run windows apps with [wine]). People that don't understand linux, and have negative comments usually refer to linux distros as versions. They are used to microsoft windows having good and bad versions. Whilst linux is an os kernel developed by people in their free time and not a huge company that decides to release their software for free, with different sites for each version and lots of http and ftp downloads on .edu servers.

i I COULDN'T INSTALL LINUX. WTF IS A KERNEL IMAGE, BARRE.I \!??\!?. HMMMMM...I'M GOING TO FORUMS AND URBANDICTIONARY AND USE CAPITAL LETTERS AND SWEAR WORDS TO TELL EVERYONE HOW STUPID THE LINUX COMPANY IS.

22. (Linux) (59↑, 29↓)
The only free Kernel that can be used frequently and is consistantly updated and used by many very good universities and colleges. It is very good for word prosessing, server maintenance and will never crash unless there is a serious problem. It is often considered 'Shit' but is one of the most stable O/S or Kernals around.

Windows user: (snort) Windows XP with the media addition aswell as Windows Media Player with a fuckload of spyware is better than the smooth running, user friendly linux. linux User: Did you just contradict yourself? Windows: Error \#20983746251837: Cannot find file that is existant on Hard disc that was working one minute ago but now I've acidently fucked it up. Linux: Cannot find file. Please remount hard disc.

23. (Linux) (57↑, 28↓)
A monolithic kernel designed by Linus Torvalds Torvalds which is now maintained by hundreds of developers worldwide. Software is used around the kernel to form a Linux distribution. Linux is designed for intelligent beings who can read. Often, Linux is used by morons who think after mastering the Windows XP control panel they are capabl e of using an operating system that requires one to think; this does not include morons who couldn't administrate themselves out of a brown paper bag, they then proceed to complain endlessly after getting nowhere randomly clicking around KDE.

I dont want to read the manual, cant you just tell me what I have to double click?

24. (linux) (42↑, 16↓)
I've spent quite alot of time to read all the definitions gave by one or another. I'm both a linux & windows user and in the same time admin. I'm so much afraid i'll start to do devil's advocacy here for linux, but from my point of view i'm pretty much entitled to. I'm in charge for about 400 workstations and something like 170 servers. Both types (wks & srv) runs either linux or windows. Do you folks have any ideea which is the % of the wks's suffering from sudden death like about 2 or 3 months of intensive work on them? Take a wild guess\!. So, as i'm sure you already guessed what i'm talking about, i come and say: "Why in the name of God i would waste my time and my nerves on reinstalling friggin MS stuff like every 2 - 3 months", when i could just simply just check them once in a while and have them running for 1 year +. Of course it's not my call. Just as some of you like MS and some of you Linux, my users have their preferences too, therefore i got Norton Ghost to work for those bloody Windows wks's. But then again, happy people coming to work are those working on linux workstation. Debian or Gentoo powered (dont remind me of RedHat/Fedora/CentOS as they are Windows's cousins lately), my workstations are rocking from simple text files editing (OpenOffice rules by the way) to Multimedia rich applications (if you dont know there is SDL - Simple DirectMedia Layer linux alternative of DirectX as well as TransGaming's new DirectX 8 API's support in linux for latest Remedy Enterprise's Max Payne with 3D acceleration). However .. going to the server side of my story all my servers are running Linux or various flavours of BSD. I used to have some NT and 2000 or 2003 servers that i got rid off due to their instability and inconsistency plus extremely bad memory management. Benchmarking the systems it came up that on two hardware identical servers, one with linux and the other with windows 2000 advanced server, each of them with two processors and 4 GB DDR2 memory, under a stress test with 300 simultaneous clients each of them sending 1000 (one thousand) simultaneous queries to their respective localhost databases (mysql for linux and msql for windows) the windows machine bent over kneeling in front of linux. I'm sorry to dissapoint you Windows fans but Linux is better, or you would prefere to say GNU/Linux since it's widely accepted as a name for this awsome OS. And Yes, it's an OS even if at origins Linux was the name of a MINIX based free OS with a monolithic kernel, created by Linus Torvalds. Do you even know that the name "Linux" was a mistake?. By the time Linus Torvalds finished his first version of what we know today as Linux he named it Freax, but when he asked his friend Ari Lemmke (at that time the FTP admin at funet.fi) to put the new OS online for public access, his friend gave him a directory on ftp with the name Linux. And for you ignorants i repeat: Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system. It's not the name of the kernel. And also i saw many of you stating Linux is an OS accepted by geeks and nerds. Righty .. then IBM, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, Novell are all some cheap-azz companies ran by nerds and geeks. If you say so ... Also news for you cool guys from geeks like us .. Sony Playstation 3 will be running Linux too as confirmed by Sony's CEO Ken Kutaragi. So judging by this news Linux still not being a proper gaming environment right?.. Duh\!. Take care with what you wish as the OS for your computer. Over & Out Andy

...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows NT (also known as the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly).

25. (linux) (93↑, 68↓)
n. An example of a freeware operating system. Idealogically beautiful, but practically a bit of a hassle, this fast-growing operating system is often used by computer programmers. In fact, almost all programmers that work for Microsoft do all their work on Linux boxes...hmm... My impression of Linux is that it's vastly improved but still not as user-friendly as Windows. I continue to hope that it completely overthrows the "evil Microsoft empire" as a large triumph for the free software movement, but it's not going to do that anytime soon unless it cleans up (from a non-programmer standpoint) some of the difficulties of installing programs. Keep on, brave penguin\!

I know Linux has something to do with GNU, but I can't remember the exact relationship...

Author: Bad Grammar Must Die http://linux.urbanup.com/98832
26. (Linux) (58↑, 34↓)
In ascending order of ignorance: Computer Science Professor/Student: "That cool computer thing I helped make." Developer/Programmer: "Heaven." High-end user: "The system I haven't rebooted for three years which automatically manages my entire life. Also my life configuration isn't forwards incompatible with Life Vista." Low-end user: "Not only does the (good) software I used to use on Windows come free with it, but when you get used to everything else (or configure it to your tastes) it's actually far better than Windows. I've switched." No-Brainer: "I can check my email, watch my DVDs and listen to my music without "Illegal Operations" or worrying about configuring my "firewall"" Beetle: "What? Can I eat it?" Windows advocate (who does not know what a file is without a cryptic three letter code at the end. How does MP3 stand for the third (audio) layer of the Motion Picture Expert Group's first codec?\!): "That pile of crap "recompile your kernel" thing where you have to type everything and my favourite 'Yet Another First Person Shooter Which Is Just Quake 3 With Different Guns' doesn't even work on it because a) It is obviously the OS developer's fault if third party software works on it or not and b) I haven't even been on transgaming.com. Now I'm going to go to as many public message posting systems as possible and contradict myself at least three times per sentence as I rave about how it doesn't even have graphics (which microsoft obviously invented), it doesn't have any software to stop my personal information from being sent to the developers which shouldn't happen anyway, you get all of these technical system options to choose without a decent option like just resetting anything you choose to give you a US keyboard when you reboot (after a nice BSOD) and all of it's graphics are a rip off of windows. Especially all of the stuff windows ripped off from Apple. It's even used on crap "Power PC" and "ARM" and stuff which is crap because windows can't use them." Of course this neglects the people who use/d other systems (yes, there are alterantives to UNIX and windows\!) who lie just above the middle and say things like "Wow, this has loads of really good features. Pretty much like my old OS." and "I think it's good, but it's pretty much like my current OS." Or the Mac users who lie above the beetles and say things like "Aaaagh\! It gives me a choice\!" and "Why the hell am I using this when my computer came with virtually identical MacOSX?" Oh yeah, and I don't count "Blue, silver or green" as a customisable interface. 'Skins' were invented by people who thought their own OS looks crap. Oh wait, windows isn't your own, you cannot change or sell it\!

I had to change the configuration files on Linux, but that's OK considering I couldn't change anything at all on windows without decompiling and recompiling an executable and it's dynamically linked libraries, resulting in a changed picture and a lawsuit. God Linux is SOOOO complicated\!

Author: Chris Warburton http://linux.urbanup.com/1447953
27. (linux) (49↑, 25↓)
Windows has a few good qualities and characteristics: it's good for web surfing, listening to mp3's, watching porn movies, opening .vbs email attachments, defining the acronym B.S.O.D., setting records for security vulnerabilites and patches, data loss and corruption, helping M$ in monopolizing the market, etc... Conversely, Linux has a few good qualities and characteristics as well: stable, robust, and free...

1. rm -rf /mnt/half-ass-os/[WINNT][Windows] 2. for corrupt_files in /windows/*; do cat /dev/null \> $corrupt_files; done; 3. find / -name Linux -type OS -exec mv \{\} windows \\;

28. (linux) (42↑, 21↓)
An amazing OS that installs flawlessly on most of today's hardware and runs faster while doing it. People who complain about it are too used to windows and to lazy to give something different a chance. People who tell you it won't work with your hardware have lied to you, with the exception of some WiFi cards all your hardware WILL work.

I installed SuSE Linux 10.0 on my desktop computer: Nvidia GeForce FX5500 - autodetected and installed Soundblaster Audigy LS - autodetected and installed CD Drive and DVD drive/CD burner - autodetected and installed Keyboard/Mouse/Monitor - autodetected and installed Belkin WiFi card - autodetected and installed Installed Counter-Strike: Source with Transgaming's Cedega through Point2Play and it works perfectly. I also get better FPS in game than I ever did on Windows. When I install new programs or games to my PC, I no longer need to "reboot for changes ot take effect" - thank God. "I am proud to be 100% Microsoft free\!"

29. (linux) (75↑, 61↓)
1) An awesome operating system that PWNS the windows for sure. 2) Using Linux makes you l33t.If you don't agree, then you are wrong. STFU n00b. 3) Totally, the most configurable system ever\!(except you are using the system that you wrote and done by yourself) 4) You cost nothing to get Linux. And windows costs $200. 5) Linux IS l33t itself, undoubtedly.

When I use Linux and running console with beryl on the background... Me: So this is Linux, see? Classmate 1: Oh, (Chinese) so that's l33t? Me: Of course\! Classmate 2: Then what's the reasons that we should use Linux? Me: Using Linux makes you l33t\! And Linux can't be infected by any virus\! Classmate 1: Can I play my online-game "MapleStory" on Linux? Me: Probably no. Classmate 2: Linux SUX. Me: STFU n00b. _/00 _/|_|5+ 4|_|_ /\\/00|35, 455|-|0|_3\! |_1/\\/|_|X P\\/\\//\\/5 _/00 4|_|_\!\!\!

30. (Linux) (40↑, 26↓)
A UNIX operating system that will run on basically any computer hardware out there (even alpha). LINUX is one of the most stable operating systems ever created and has been known to run for years before needing a reboot.

The only thing that will kill a linux system is hardware or power failure.

Author: root\@localhost http://linux.urbanup.com/225448
31. (linux) (42↑, 28↓)
a better os than windows

Damn linux is fast\! Microsoft can kiss my ass\!

32. (linux) (47↑, 33↓)
Equals liberty and your own personal privacy. Have any of you Windoze FUDders ever heard about how Windows Media Player sends data back to Microsoft about all those MP3 files you are playing? Or that Windows itself has a backdoor that lets the NSA snoop around your computer and find out about you? Get a friggin life and wake up\!
Author: Linux Forever http://linux.urbanup.com/97170
33. (Linux) (15↑, 3↓)
Linux is simply a word used to get OS [Fanboy]s to spark a religious war.

Linux Fanboy: Linux, enough said Windows Fanboy: MS rules and Linux sucks because no one uses it Macintosh Fanboy: I'm cooler than the both of you because my OS is shiny

Author: everybodyblows http://linux.urbanup.com/3860838
34. (Linux) (45↑, 33↓)
A very stable operating system that was created as an experiment by Linus Benedict Torvalds. He created it because he wanted to learn the inner workings of an operating system. He posted the code on the Internet for others to modify and share, and it spread like wildfire. It grew and grew and is growing every day. Although it is not as simple to use as Windows or Mac OS, it does have rock solid stability and is not uncommon to hear of systems running for many years without reboots. Many people who hate it do it to act cool, or because they dont understand it. Those who love it, love it because they understand that it may take a little while to get something working. Not those other impatient little bastards who want everyday on the double. It just needs time to get more user friendly.

Linux outperforms Windows in terms of stability.

35. (Linux) (28↑, 17↓)
A very stable operating system for people who want to run a server also fine for the average user. Is harder to use than windows but its worth it. Yes linux is behind when it comes to games, software and drivers. That is due to people not knowing what Linux is, also due to the fact that linux is free therefore the company does not make much money and due to lack of software developers. Simply imagine this, a operating system that doesnt crash and that preforms very well. If we piad for our Linux distrobutions and more software developer made programs, games and drivers for linux then we would acheive this. Alot of windows power users or complete morons have choosen to "bash" linux, please do not believe them, you have to be a moron to believe such crap.

Windows is a decent operating system with alot of software and alot of drivers for hardware but LINUX is more stable and preforms better and costs much less.

36. (Linux) (24↑, 13↓)
A multiplatform operating system based on Unix

RedHat is a type of linux

37. (Linux) (22↑, 12↓)
Linux is an operating system that has a near religious following akin to Macintosh users. Devotes who use Linux constantly claim that only people who know what they are doing use it while also saying how stable and useful it is. They of course often forget that when only highly trained computer experts use the tool with limited deviation that the system will appear far more stable because of the lack of permutative chaos it receives as input. Linux users often go out of their way to find flaws with Microsoft systems. This is because they find the corporate desire to protect intellectual property as a hindrance to their technical tasks. Many of the crashes that these technologists speak of are related to their attempt in dominating the system beyond its design. It’s akin to them beating their head against a brick wall and then telling the rest of us it hurts and wishing the wall would be removed. Simply put, Linux or Unix is for technical people who want to have near absolute control of the system. In advanced sciences of all types this is often necessary so Linux has it’s place for advanced studies and technical development that really is unable to be beat by Windows because of the corporations desire to protect its intellectual property which acts as a road block for highly technical users. Many Linux devotees also tend to be control freaks, which is necessary in complicated systems in order to maintain order. If the chaos hamsters were ever let loose into the system they would soon find that their stable system was highly unprotected and flawed in ways they had never imagined. Linux is for those who enjoy order and control to design and create. While Windows is for accepting the chaos of the world and bringing order to it.

Linux user, “It doesn’t work that way, where were you taught computer skills? On Linux you are supposed to do it like this.” Newbie user, “But if I do that in Windows it says it is a violation and crashes\!” Linux user, “Of course it does and that is why it is a unstable system.”

Author: Thomas Liberty Paine http://linux.urbanup.com/3277698
38. (Linux) (20↑, 10↓)
Linux is a free (as in libre, not always as in gratis) kernel that, together with tools from the GNU project, forms a stable, high-performance, multi-user operating system. Its advantages over Windows are mainly ideological; it's free, usually in both of the above senses of the word, and the license, the GNU [GPL], prevents proprietary implementations from screwing you over (Linux "companies" sell support, not Linux itself, for this reason). It's also much more stable than Windows, owing to its stricter memory management, access controls, and hardware abstraction policy, and its networking performance is better since it's really meant more for servers than for desktop usage. Linux has finer-grained access control at the user and device level, though to be fair, Windows has had Unix-style file permissions since NT. Reboot times for Linux, however, are measured in months, and the only reason you should ever need to reboot Linux is if you installed a new kernel. The disadvantages of Linux compared to Windows are mainly issues of ease of use. Linux is hard compared to Windows, mostly because it tends not to detect certain devices. This is a circular problem, because the drivers tend to be written only for Windows to begin with. It also, despite what the makers claim, *does* require some work at the terminal in most cases, and this will scare away most Windows users who never worked with Dos and the 9x series. It shouldn't, because the terminal is much more powerful and easier to use than Dos ever was, but it does. The other main issue is that, while there are a few hundred different flavors, referred to as "distros," most of them suck. There are a few big, well-supported distros, and many are based on them: RedHat, which is popular in the corporate world, Debian, which is minimalistic and tough by itself but forms the base for the popular Ubuntu, and Slackware, which is the oldest maintained distro and is closest to the "original" Linux philosophy. There are also a few oddballs like Gentoo, which is for experts only (forces you to compile *everything* but does the annoying work for you and gives you incredible performance), and Arch, which is a minimalist hybrid of Gentoo and Slackware. Save yourself headaches: newbies should use Ubuntu, experts should use Gentoo or Slackware, purists should use Debian, and no one should use RedHat or any RedHat based distro unless you're corporate and need it, in which case you want CentOS (RedHat for free with no tech support). Just be prepared to get your hands a little dirty, and to search the web and your distro's forums for help. There is always, always an issue that pops up that will never be in the manual or installation docs. Most of all, remember that Linux won't insult your intelligence, but it won't hold your hand either. You can't always breeze through a Linux install like you can with Windows (though Ubuntu and friends are changing that), but you will get a solid, stable, and working system. Linux rewards effort and inquisitiveness, and punishes laziness.

Linux is about choice. That means you're free to use it, or not to use it, but it will always be here for you.

39. (linux) (36↑, 26↓)
Short term for GNU/Linux. This operating system is created to be stable, fast, and secure. It comes in different flavors "distros" to suit everybody's needs. Help is available everywhere except from the Windows idiot. Linux is a made as open-source to allow people to edit linux itself to suit their own needs. Linux will only crash if you are too attach to windows to let go of it. Windows in the other hand is EXPENSIVE\! Windows comes with little good software, and extra applications will cost you big time. That nice noise they have when you boot is important, cause you'll have to hear that alot in one day. Has different window managers and different desktops for different people to use. You could even make you're own window manager or desktop. When I installed Mandrake Linux. It was easy and simple to use. I had it barely configured and used it only to help me on my homework. Then I got Nvidia drivers for my video card, and started gaming and other stuff. Now, Linux is the only thing I ever need. Windows is a piece of crap and some nice alternatives are BSD, Mac OS X, and Solaris. These are UNIX based and are some of the best operating systems.

I can play Unreal Tournament with 1024x768 highest quality with a stable 15 fps on my Intel Celeron 500mhz, 196 mbs of ram, geforce 2 420 computer while on Linux. Windows, I can only run it with 640x480, lowest quality, with only about 8 fps. Linux is the perfect machine for games\! Nintendo and Sony, make a new console with Linux and you'll school any X-Box 2\!

40. (linux) (43↑, 33↓)
Possibly the best OS ever. 1.)Linux 2.)BeOS 3.)Unix 943.)Windows Why would you rather have a window than a penguin?

I installed Linux on my computer.

41. (Linux) (34↑, 25↓)
One of the foremost and most powerful religions in the geek community. The best and only worthwhile OS in the world. Mr. Gate's worst nightmare. Microsoft's pimp.

Non-Linux=Heretic Windows=Devil's Spawn Mac=Crazy Cult

42. (linux) (23↑, 14↓)
Most Linux users understand the ups and downs of all OS possibilities. Linux is lacking in some areas (ie. gaming and ease), but is slowly making it's way into the home. It has the potential to be more stable and secure if you know what you are doing with it. I have found a happy medium. I use Slackware Linux 9.1 for servers and web browsing, MacOS 9.1 for graphics, and Windows XP for gaming.

The closed minded spend too much time hating those that oppose them.

43. (linux) (18↑, 11↓)
Simply put, it's an operating system that you can download (legally.) I's most commonly used by experienced computer users because it doesn't hold your hand as much as Windows does. It also requires emulators to run Windows programs. The source code for the kernel is available somewhere. The kernel was written in the early 90s by one Linus Torvalds in Finland, and is released under a "General Public License."

How's that? No airline suff, just the real definition.

44. (linux) (26↑, 19↓)
The best operating system (OS) in the world.

I love booting into knoppix linux with my live CD and hacking from an internet cafe'.

45. (Linux) (31↑, 24↓)
An open source operating system that is for more stable than windows. The only time I use windows is to play a few games. I dual boot linix and windows on the same computer. And linux connects DSL about three times faster than windows. Linux plays my TV card without crashing. Linux does not let me change system settings without being logged in as root. While in windows, I accidentally changed the name of a system file and wasn't able to fix it for hours. Windows and Linux both have their pros and cons. Weigh them both and choose for yourself. Don't dis someone if they choose one over the other.

Linux is for those who choose not to use windows Windows is for those who don't know they have a choice

Author: krypton knight http://linux.urbanup.com/419699
46. (linux) (37↑, 30↓)
An operating system made for [word]open-source[/word] software. While more stable and dependent, it is harder to learn, which confuses the poor illiterate moronic rednecks putting up spam. They are confused by an OS that wont come with everything to make life easy for them, hence the misplaced anger. Seriously, all you anti-linux posters, just because your iq isnt above 2, doesn't mean that you can post crap. Linux rules.

"uhh.......linux.....pedo....dork.........what was i saying?......lets go have a little backyard wrestling and then go rape some sheep\!"

47. (linux) (29↑, 23↓)
The BEST OS I've used in a long time, that piece of crap made by Microsoft (let's face it, all things Microsoft are crap, it's a good thing there is a way to run Linux on an XBox, assuming anyone would want to which they probaby would) was as unstable as hell. Linux is free, stable, can be used for home computing though not many people do as they think. Also, Linux is ideal for server applications though most college IT admins use Windows server instead because they are lame arses. My advice, go and get some blank cds and download Linux, you have nothing to lose

Windows: Piece of crap made by that crap software company called Microsoft (who stick product keys on the software) Linux: Unix-type OS that is free, stable, and works 24/7

48. (Linux) (7↑, 2↓)
A kernel that many operating systems called "linux distros" are based off of. Linux is known mainly for being open source, and in most cases, also free to use. Many linux distros are do-it-yourself operating systems, and some come with a full GUI, and many automatic features, which makes it easier for normal people to use. These easy-to-use linux distros are commonly used as a price-effective and useful platform for public and private access to computers, and on servers. Many people criticize this operating system for not being able to run most applications, specifically games. Linux is somewhat limited to which applications it can run, but many people have made alternatives to those applications, and even ways to run those applications inside linux. In fact, many popular games can run on linux, contrary to the packaging of the game. Overall, linux is a great kernel that formed many popular and useful operating systems, which are in use by millions of people today. Linux is also available in a liveCD format, which lets users try linux before they fully install it.

"Hey, can you help me with my computer, windows crashed on me again." "Oh, I'm sorry, I use linux, and I'm not too fond of microsoft products." "Dude, linux sucks\! It can't even run games\!" "Actually, unless you're planning to install every game on the market that was ever made, linux is actually a pretty good gaming platform. The only advice I can give you is to use linux. Here's a LiveCD" "Okay, I guess I could try it." 2 days later..... "What the hell man, when I tried to instal your stupid linux, it erased my windows\!" "Did you read the back of the CD? It clearly says that by default it'll erase all existing software, unless you partition your drive or install it inside windows. See, it says it right here on the CD." "Well, it should've warned me\!" "Dude, maybe you should've just [RTFM]"

49. (linux) (31↑, 26↓)
At least linux isn't backing up the [TCPA], fuckheads. If microsoft were in control all you could do on computers is sit on your ass and play your little games all day.

PENGUIN POWEr.

50. (linux) (7↑, 3↓)
A kernal so oftenly mistaken for an operating system on urbandictionary.com. Most nerds will cream whenever linux is mentioned in a conversation and will get go super sayian whenever it is insulted. Most people do not actually know what linux is (and from the definitions on this site it seems to be less than i thought) and probably wouldent care if it overthrew Microsoft (then again, why would they?)

Sure linux might be liek 1000000 times better than anything microsoft has ever/will ever come up with... but nobody cares. linux \> windows fresh air \>\>\> linux

51. (linux) (31↑, 27↓)
the best 0S ever 1. its free 2. its powerful 3. its not mac OS X

Man linux is just the best tux the penguin owns your a$$

52. (Linux) (38↑, 34↓)
Linux Is Not UniX A UNIX clone written by Linus Torvalds so people can have a UNIX-like OS which has no AT&T code for which you need to pay royalties. Known sometimes as GNU/Linux. Morons complain about compiling their software when the reason is for the software to be cross-compatible.

Linux is in NO WAY an alternative to Windows. Windows is intended as a multimedia and gaming OS and Linux is designed for server machines. They are two VERY DIFFERENT operating systems.

53. (linux) (11↑, 8↓)
An alternative operating system to that of windows or mac. Can be used for servers, mobile phones and digital tv recievers. Can be customised to suit the user. Is based on Unix, Written by Linus Torvalds.

There are about a hundred different versions of linux distributed to millions of people on billions of computers-so you can bet your ass that one os will be different from the next. Linux allows the user to re-program the software to suit them-this is how many software glitches are sorted out with one person programming one part of the system while another person focusses on another part. Windows only allows this to an extent (ie changing a user name or startup sounds or desktop background etc) so for this reason many software bugs cannot be fixed and hence windows being so unstable. Linux is good for driving mobile phones or powering servers but is impractical for use with the average computer gamer/secretary/photo editor. In other words, a person with programming experience would opt for Linux as they can customise it to suit them, whereas a person wishing to read email or surf net would opt for Windows or Mac as they will not have to know anything about programming first. Newer versions of linux can make applications (ie Windows media player or Mac video editor) run with Linux. Note: A particularly bad combination is: Dell computer, Pentium 4 CPU and Windows XP. Try switching the combination (ie fit an AMD Athlon CPU)-this i am pointing out as many unstabilities are rooted to the CPU and combination of hardware components, rather than the actual software itself.

54. (linux) (36↑, 33↓)
An OS that runs servers a lot more fucking stable than Windows. By the way Windows fucks, RH9 is pretty damn simple to install. You can try it, or you can be amazed at the pretty icons Windows offers you.

Linux \> Windows People who can't use Linux should have their computers confiscated. By the way, I hate you all.

55. (linux) (21↑, 18↓)
A very stable operating system released under the JPL. Originally a spare time project by student Linus Torvalds, Linux has developed into a popular back-end and server operating system. Linux is beginning to make inroads on the desktop. It is frequently maligned by Windows users because Linux actually requires some degree of intelligence to use.

"That new Linux server is much better than that old WinNT-based pile of crap we used to use\!"

Author: The smartest man in the world. http://linux.urbanup.com/142054
56. (Linux) (17↑, 15↓)
Linux is NOT an OS (Operating System). Linux is the actual kernel from which the platformed distribution runs and obtains directions. The Linux kernel is an open source system which falls under the GNU General Public license. In essence, Linux is a compressed, open source platform of UNIX. The actual OS's (distributions or flavors) are gentoo, red hat, unbuntu, slackware (Although very similar to straight UNIX), mandrake, arch, debian, mandriva, etc. The Linux kernel was designed and constructed by Linus Torvalds to provide a free, open source kernel for all computer lovers.

i.e. Microsoft XP is an OS. Microsoft also has a kernel which makes it run. Linux is the actual kernel for distributions like S.u.S.E. etc. 1. Hey, do you use Linux? - What? 2. Hey, do you use Linux? - I love that OS You're stupid. 3. Hey, do you use Linux? - Yes, why yes I do. Righto, Chap. Well done.

57. (linux) (24↑, 22↓)
the best operating system for people who really want to use a computer

man... this new linux server is fast.... it only installed in a few minutes and it dont hog RAM like windows server 2003 did.... and you can completly customize the kernel\!

Author: ummmm the network technician that you dont want to http://linux.urbanup.com/206597
58. (linux) (18↑, 16↓)
A stable alternative to Windows, used primarily on servers and workstations. A favorite of graphic artist, 3D animators, and programmers, as well as corporations that can't afford for their computers to crash. Runs programs such as Alias|Wavefront's Maya, SoftImage's XSI, Adobe Photoshop etc. extremely well, but has trouble running software designed solely for the Windows operating system such as games (duh). In other words, Linux is used mostly by professionals who need a stable platform to do work on, rather than for playing games.

I use Linux on my servers and workstations that are designed for Maya and Photoshop, and I use Windows on my gaming computers.

59. (Linux) (4↑, 3↓)
Linux is one of three major operating sysems (windows,mac, linux) Linux is Free opposed to the others making pre installed laptops much much cheaper. Linux also has no known viruses, is much cheaper, works MUCH FASTER and is barely exposed to crashes. However it involves using other versions of everything such as MSN, Word and excel. Many debate it bad and many debate it better.

YOU: ew why can't you nudge on msn?\! ME: *rolls eyes* linux version of msn...

60. (Linux) (0↑, 0↓)
The best way to spam urbandictionary.com with propaganda and idiotic bullshit

Linus Torvalds is our god, long live Linux, windoze is for losers that don't know how to use a computer.

61. (Linux) (2↑, 2↓)
Linux is a free operating system like free UNIXes. The most popular is Ubuntu(still), yet the even more stable Memphis Linux is what you really should have. The Russians and Chinese prefer Linux over Windows all the time. Most servers is either Ubuntu Server or CentOS. The WWW runs 60% Linux servers, because less viruses. The most stable Linux ever created is usually always Slackware, yet no one heard of it (distro created back in 1994) UNIX is obsolete in comparison. Easier to operate than 2 years ago.

Person 1: I run Ubuntu Linux Server for my web server Person 2: I run Cent OS, because its a free Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS. Person 3: I'm a hardcore Linux user and I run Memphis Linux

62. (Linux) (4↑, 4↓)
An open-source kernel, referred as GNU/Linux. Criticised by Windows/Mac users because of it's moderate difficulty of use. Let's hope it's community will continue to be populated by people who have some brain.

Windows fan: Look at my laptop, it's so cool\! Mac fan: Ha\! look at mine\! (fiddles with GUI) Windows fan: Yours is shit asdasdasdasdsadasd fuk off Linux fan: (compiz cube) Mac fan: HOLY Windows fan: SHIT

63. (Linux) (3↑, 3↓)
The common name for any open-source Operating System running on the Unix Kernal. Common linux distributions include Ubuntu, Redhat, SUSE and Fedora. The advantages of Linux over Windows: -faster boot/loading times. -no need for anti-virus software -free -no bloatware, spyware or useless programs to slow your computer down. The disadvantages of Linux over Windows: -game makers and large software companies stick with Windows because of its market share. -less users than windows (which is also advantageous in a way) means less people working on making it even better. -often not user friendly (although Ubuntu is considered to be the most user-friendly version, and is very easy to get used to).

I just installed Linux on my laptop. So glad I'm rid of Windows Vista.

64. (linux) (3↑, 3↓)
You have two cows. The city council demands that you disect one of them and allow the town citizens to do whatever they want to it. The town citizens use genetic modification to enhance choice organs. They take several days to re-animate the cow, until they finally have a working zombie-cow that produces SuperMilk (similar to Popeye's spinach) but random organs stop every 10 seconds, forcing the people to disect it again just to fix it. You live happily on your regular milk while the town struggles.

No, this Linux diatribe isn't copypasta. I'm just as astounded as you.

65. (linux) (26↑, 26↓)
What Windoze users should turn to since Windows is clearly crap, evil and bastardised in every way. Linux runs the web (80% of all servers). Linux is the base-station of most hackers (see 'Hackers Handbook' by Dr. K, ISBN 1-85868-943-0) because it is inherently secure.

'HOLY SHIT MAN DID YOU SEE THAT?\!' 'Yeah dude you fux0red up that poor dudes windoze box' 'Yeah man, linux r0x0rz\!\!\!' 'Yeah' *cue beavis and butthead style laughter*

Author: Minigun_Fiend http://linux.urbanup.com/765632
66. (linux) (25↑, 25↓)
A great OS that runs the only game a true gamer would ever play (counterstrike) fine and is much more stable. If you are tired of letting microsoft own your computer and tired of the utter lack of customizability that comes with winblowz, I recommend that you give this a shot. It is simple to learn I cannot believe anyone thinks it is complicated. If you dont feel like partitioning space on your comp to try it out, get a "live cd" of linux (such as knoppix or phlak) and just boot it up and take linux for a test drive.

I switched to linux 3 years ago. CS runs much better on my customized version of linux than it ever ran on my windows OS. I am so glad I found linux\! Now I am the one controlling my comp\!

Author: |_îÑ|_|\>\< |=4Ñ http://linux.urbanup.com/642197
67. (linux) (3↑, 4↓)
Linux is a monolithic kernel. Most people don't get it. They say linux would never go mainstream and "average joes" will never use it?? Then what? Does linux need. linux is not making money even if it has more users. it works for us better than other alternatives and this is the biggest thing.

[Linux] is great.

Author: meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee* http://linux.urbanup.com/5060648
68. (Linux) (3↑, 4↓)
The OS that is used by people who know what they are doing.

Windows is for loosers, MAC OS is for housewifes, real men use Linux. Linux, makes your balls 20% heavier.

69. (linux) (5↑, 6↓)
Completely incomprehensible when in terminal form, comprehensible in graphic form. Users often feel a strange, all-consuming need to write [microsoft] as "M$" or windows as "Windoze". This behaviour has no been deciphered by psychologists yet, but it is suspected that they do it to "fight the man". Only the faggiest of users use these words, although regular linux users use them too.

Hardcore Linux user: "OMG M$ r releasing teir new windoze version lol BSOD evry 2 mins lol." Windows user: "...the hell?"

70. (linux) (21↑, 22↓)
Linux is one of the most powerful contraceptives ever. The more one learns about Linux, the more powerful its fertility-stealing powers become. Typical Linux users are a sensitive lot. This is because their entire self-esteem is tied up in knowing obscure piping and scripting techniques that nobody in the real world gives a fuck about. Supposedly, this makes them smarter. If a Linux user feels threatened about the coming obsolescence of his beloved OS, untold havoc will be unleashed. This will eventually produce lulz. For this reason, we reveal here the easiest ways to troll a Linux message board or IRC channel. *If the subject of distros comes up, reply, "Yes, but what can \<insert distro name\> do that Ubuntu can't do? *Claim that the Windows kernel design is better than Linux. *Warn everyone that Mactel will destroy Desktop Linux *Ask "But can it run BSD?" *If the subject of CLI comes up, reply, "But you could do that with DOS twenty years ago\!" *Predict that Solaris will eventually destroy Linux *Make completly baseless claims that you are the CEO of a major corportion (don't specify which one\!) and say you see no future in Linux. *Tell everyone that Linux isn't ready for grandma *Quote Theo de Raadt *Remind all Linux users that they are still virgins *Point out that the BSD License is infinitely superior to the GPL *Incessantly ask every user about what parts of the code in their kernel were stolen from SCO. *Let it be known that you appreciate Clippy *Ask if Wine can run \<insert program here\> yet. *Use the phrase "total cost of ownership." *Ask for advise on finding quality Linux games. *Say that Linux is inferior for development because it doesn't have Visual Basic .NET *Make it known that $699 (the fee you legally owe SCO if you use Linux) is $300 more than the price Windows Server 2003 Web Edition, which has more features, greater stability, and has been shown time and time again to have a higher ROI.

Fun things you can do with Linux: *Update your drivers. *Brag about your kernals. *Say you use Linux (which will get your ass kicked) *Eat KFC chicken around the clock. *Manually edit config files *Keep your virginity *Uhh, well thats pretty much it.

71. (Linux) (19↑, 21↓)
An operating system-whoops, I meant KERNEL-mainly used by teenagers who think it makes them edgy and alternative (just like listening to the Arctic Monkeys). Funnily enough, they only ever install it on a hard drive partition. So when it inevitably fucks up they can fall back on Windows (which will also fuck up eventually). Also worthy of note is that its supporters make use of the "m$" abbreviation every chance they get, hoping they'll appear to be "fighting the machine." But contrary to popular belief, having Linux does not make you a 1337 h\@x0r, and being a 1337 h\@x0r does not mean you use Linux.

*downloads and attempts to install a Linux distribution* WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT?\!

Author: SomethingWitty http://linux.urbanup.com/3147145
72. (Linux) (22↑, 24↓)
Linux - free, stable, open-source operating system - and that’s about it. Not as good as people make it out to be, very undeveloped and bad compatibility weights this OS down. The reason that Linux does not have as many viruses, trojans, spyware, etc as your precious "Windoze" is because it is not incompatible with these programs - Linux is not popular enough... yet. "Linux-text-only" was a long time ago noobs, get with the times please.

Most noobs on urbandictionary haven't even gotten past burning their .iso image to a disk - too hard. I bet they buy an APC magazine with a live-CD and call Linux slow because they don't even understand how RAM swap files work. I myself prefer UNIX without any kind of GUI.

73. (Linux) (25↑, 27↓)
Extremely stable and advanced [Operating System]. much used by [System operators] to run on webservers because of it's stability and safety. Very hard to use. Not [compatible] with Windows programs and therefore not recommended for gamers.

Thank god my servers are much safer and stable now they're penguin powered by Linux

Author: Seven of Nine http://linux.urbanup.com/181972
74. (Linux) (2↑, 5↓)
A free operating system, comparable to Windows. To all of you that think that it's not compatible with anything, use the fucking program called Wine on there, it's a nice Windows emulator.

Collin: "My mac is so slow and annoying, it can't do shit" Joe: "Get Ubuntu Linux" Collin: "I'll try it" 1 Week later Collin: "OMG\! This is so much better than Windows or Mac\!"

75. (linux) (19↑, 22↓)
What I use for development of HTML, JAVA, PERL, C, C++. Very stable, but does not have much software that can run on it, because of lack of knowledge about it on the part of the general public. Great for webservers, but until people decide to create software for this system, buggy, backdoored systems like windows will have to do. Linux is often used by professional developers, webmasters, advanced computer users, and people who are able to get off their arse and install it for the sake of their privacy. Some versions (i.e. Red Hat) are relatively easy to install, and can be found free in libraries. Other 'distros' can be found on the internet, but may be harder/easier to install. It can be installed on very low end computers with under a GiG of drive space, and 32k ram. So stable, a Win 9.x. demo cannot crash it =)). Not used often because many people have no idea it exists (that's changing though).

a good OS for stability.

Author: normalperson http://linux.urbanup.com/621556
76. (Linux) (7↑, 11↓)
Crappy computer software that isn't compatible with anything.

Jenny: facebook does not agree with my computer Hovan: y? Jenny: it's a linux Jenny: nothing agrees with my computer Hovan: boo

77. (Linux) (3↑, 8↓)
The operating system* little boys employ in a vain attempt to appear computer-savvy due it's perceived complexity, which is really just a convoluted user interface stemming from the lack of higher cognitive ability found in Loonux 'programmers'. As with any underdog**, you will find a horde of fumbling zealots defending Loonux, who, rather than pose arguments with a rational and verifiable basis, will simply parrot ignorant statements against the operating system(s) that put Loonux to shame (e.g, Windows). More often than not, these lower beings will resort to childish name-calling and irrelevant technical references which further compacts their own ineptitude. * "Linux" as referred to here is of it's derivatives based on the Linux kernel. ** Windows currently holds 94.3% market share vs Linux's \< 1% (As of May, 2009)

If you're ever in need of a guideline on how to write sloppy, inefficient, spaghetti code, then see: linux.org

Author: A.Senior.Software.Engineer http://linux.urbanup.com/3954045
78. (linux) (9↑, 14↓)
Read the first definition, it's so true. XP has screwed me 1 too many times.

Windows: I look pretty and everything runs on me Linux: Yeah, I'm not butt slow and don't bsod all the time.

79. (Linux) (23↑, 29↓)
A kernel thingy. It [pwn]s Win32.

I like to bash people who use Linux on urbandictionary.com. In other news, I have no life.

80. (Linux) (4↑, 11↓)
1. An operating system kernel that was developed in 1991 in Helsinki, Poland by a programmer by the name of Linux Torvalds. Torvalds made an interesting choice as to making the kernel [open-source], meaning that anyone was allowed to look at the kernel's code, use it, modify it, and/or redistribute it. Over the years, the kernel was patched, modified, and redistributed so many times that it's more stable and secure than Microsoft's [Windows NT] kernel, which has been doing nothing but collecting dust over the last 20 years. 2. A series of [UNIX]-like operating systems made using the [Linux] kernel. [Ubuntu], [Debian], [Fedora], [openSuSE], [Slackware], [Mandriva], [Gentoo], these are all popular [Linux] distributions. Some are made for power-users, others are made for the average user, looking for a better computing experience. [Linux] has a horrible reputation about not being user friendly, and that's partially true. But more recent versions of Linux such as [Debian], [Ubuntu], [Mandriva], etc. are very user friendly, and have graphical tools so that you wouldn't have to use the command line utility most of the time.

Linux was and always will be the pioneer of the open-source world. The kernel's currently up to release 2.6.39. Nearly everything we use today, be that calculators, ATMs, or even your own smartphone is powered using Linux. 10 of the world's fastest supercomputers use Linux as its kernel. GNU/GPL software make up the rest of the operating system and apps. "GNU/Linux" is the way lawyers say it in court.

81. (linux) (20↑, 27↓)
Incredibly brilliant and stable OS designed for people who know how computers work if your too stupid then fine stick with windows XP don't complain after you can't compile the kernel source code that you accidently downloaded instead of the pre-compiled version. I'm running a version of linux as I type this (Knoppix) knoppix runs from CD so you put it in knoppix loads take it out re-boot and then windows is back simple. having said that though as most programs run only on windows keep it but only if it's XP.

Knoppix, Red Hat, Debian etc.

82. (Linux) (9↑, 17↓)
If Operating Systems Ran The Airlines... Mac Airlines All the stewards, captains, baggage handlers, and ticket agents look and act exactly the same. Every time you ask questions about details, you are gently but firmly told that you don't need to know, don't want to know, and everything will be done for you without your ever having to know, so just shut up. Windows XP Air You turn up at the airport, the staff help you to your seat. When in the airplane, you experience a little turbulence. You had to pay extra for a plane to fly next to you to protect you from viruses, but it's worth the danger to be in a plane with such a comfortable seat. Linux Air Disgruntled employees of all the other OS airlines decide to start their own airline. They build the planes, ticket counters, and pave the runways themselves. Don't even think of coming on this plane unless you have a degree in physics, engineering and metalworking. You have to assemble your seat out of ill-fitting parts that take hours to find. Your chiropracter gave you a special cushion you have to use during flight, but the staff gently remind you that you need to spend hours looking for a compatibility layer to use it with. You nearly have your seat set up, bar one piece. So you ask the person next to you if he knows where any other pieces are, and he replies with "STFU No0B\!\! U R A LAMER\!\!\!" You wish you flew with Windows XP.

Linux is useless for everyday programs. For servers, why not, but not every person's XP crashes. In fact, I haven't had a crash in Windows since 98. My Linux is so screwed up though, I can't even copy and paste.

83. (Linux) (10↑, 19↓)
A poor substitute to the God of computer software: Microsoft Windows.

"Will trade Linux for food." "Shoo, you filthy beggar\!"

84. (linux) (25↑, 34↓)
the operating system that every real pimp uses and relies on

I use Linux. Everyone uses Linux.

Author: pizzleonmynizzle http://linux.urbanup.com/352607
85. (linux) (28↑, 39↓)
A stable, (usually) [freeware], operating system, limited in usefulness to most users. Good for running servers snd business machines but has major inherent flaws that prohibit it form ever becoming a truly mainstream OS for personal use. Its just too bulky and user-unfriendly to ever gain the popular eye.

Linux is a cool idea, but since its a pain to install and operate, and incompatible with nearly all software on the market, itll never get far beyond the geeks and zealots.

86. (Linux) (1↑, 13↓)
When a woman uses a computer mouse to touch her clit. especially the rolly bit on the bottom. She then rubs her breasts over the keyboard and licks her modem until she cums.

Girl on internet chat: Oh yeah, feels so good\! Guy: Damn girl, Linux that screen\!

87. (linux) (12↑, 24↓)
An operating system like Windows or Macintosh, owned by Linus Torvaldis, who is obsessed with penguins. His "mascot" dude is a penguin named Tux.

Linux has some cool games and programs.

88. (Linux) (27↑, 40↓)
Contrary to what is claimed by many Windows-haters, not all versions of Linux are particularly good. The price you pay a stable OS is the amount of fuss and bother you undergo in trying to find a decent version of it\!

I installed the free version of Linux that came with the book "Linux for Dummies". It didn't work. I am still trying to work out if there is any irony in the preceding two sentences.

89. (linux) (11↑, 25↓)
an operating system, created solely for computer geeks like my sister to argue about

Computer Geek 1: Linux is cool Computer Geek 2: Linux is lame

90. (linux) (54↑, 68↓)
Nerds' best friend. Linux is a great invention for asocial and greedy people.

Nerd1: Do you think Linux is better than windows? Nerd2: (No answer, Nerd1 has no friend and speaks to himself)

91. (Linux) (9↑, 25↓)
An Operateing System that's great for running network servers, but despite it being increadable stable, you have to be a Guru to make it work. Also when it does crash, and yes it does occasionally, it does a spectacular crash.

Every OS has it's place in the world of computing: Windows - Gameing/Network Clients/Home Users Linux/Unix - Servers MacOS - Multimedia and Special Effects Not that they're limited to these roles, it's just that's where they best perform.

Author: Canadamus_Prime http://linux.urbanup.com/1436436
92. (linux) (82↑, 98↓)
While microsoft and apple were stealing from their rich neighbor, Xeros, linux was at home eating Cracklin' Oat Bran. Linux is an OS where files have no association to programs; all configuration and settings are stored "wherever" in text files that grow to be megabytes long; most shell commands are so abstractly named that you would never be able to use them without knowing how they work.. or first reading its "manual page". Linux is an operating system of inconsistancy. Theres over a thousand distributions of linux, and over a billion different modified versions of it. Programs come shipped as source code that you must compile and configure (by way of large scripts that attempt to figure out how your system is running.. since nothing is standard). Very few consumer hardware companies support linux because there are far too many different scenarios they would have to support. Linux is great as a server OS, but its when people try to use it as an everyday OS that it turns them into babbling idiots that stop caring about what a program does and start trying to figure out and change how it works. Since linux was created by people with no aesthetic differentiation... most GUI's you will encounter look like a poor ripoff of windows 3.1.

When I was 8, me and my friend tried to make an operating system in QBASIC that used nothing but text files. I gave up. My friend succeeded and created linux.

Author: Olene Q'Dell http://linux.urbanup.com/950624
93. (Linux) (17↑, 34↓)
An operating system second only to UNIX, but since UNIX isn't free Linux will have to do. Frequently insulted by cockjockies who's only experience with a computer is games and only experience with women is 'Saucy-sues-spanking-hotline'.

As the saying goes "Linux you can get a less powerful opperating system ut it will cost you more and Bill Gates is a greedy cunt."

94. (Linux) (57↑, 75↓)
The concept and theory of Linux was really good. The only problem is that most people who develop the code and software for Linux shouldn't even be allowed anywhere near a computer in the first place, because they seriously need to understand the concept of user-friendliness. In a world where technology changes rapidly, the cumbersome command-line terminal has now been replaced by a mouse cursor, and tasks that once took hours of typing can be completed with a few clicks of a mouse. Unfortunately, many Linux programmers refuse to accept that technological change can be good for their favorite operating system, and as a result, they scratch their heads and wonder why Linux is not being adopted by the "stupid masses" as quickly as they predicted.

To all Linux [fanboy]s, the reason why Tux is taking very long to become a household name is not because the users are stupid or "[n00b]"s or "[troll]s". It is because there is some major flaw in the Linux design which keeps the end user from picking it up, trying it out, and maybe even offering feedback on how to improve it. After all, software is only as good as the one who programs it.

95. (Linux) (47↑, 66↓)
It's STILL not worthy enough to be used for the desktop at this point. You'd think that during the years after the Linux "community" made the fatal mistake of throwing their unfinished slop onto the retail shelves in 2000, they would have learned from their mistakes, completed the damn kernel, made Linux easier to use for Average Joe, and worked together to make a COMPLETE OS that includes support for "winmodems" and hardware that's sold at your local electronics store. Unfortunately, that is not the case because instead we have over 200 half-assed distros and the same old religious sermons that the Linux loons made in 1999.

So Windows costs $199.99 at the retail stores and I have to memorize a 16-digit code. At least unlike Linux, it installs flawlessly, is compatible with pretty much all of the hardware on the market, and it gets all my work done efficiently. I will try out Linux after the geeks drop dead from fighting amongst themselves and no less than five quality distributions remain. Year of the Linux Desktop my ass.

96. (linux) (17↑, 36↓)
Wait while it compiles at the speed of light and windows users actually do things

Compiling a linux program takes longer then a windows crash and reboot...

97. (linux) (51↑, 72↓)
A half-finished piece of shit for an operating system that's a pain in the ass to install, a pain in the ass to use, and a pain in the ass to remove from the hard drive. On the bright side, Linux makes an excellent disk partitioning tool. If Linux was designed primarily for network servers, then it doesn't make any sense to market it as a desktop replacement, especially if the applications suck, and hardware detection is nonexistent. I wasted half of a 14 CDRs of a 25-CD spindle on 9 variants of Linux. 6 of them didn't work because the computer shut down when the installation detected my video card. 2 variants wouldn't detect my soundcard, modem, USB scanner, and USB drive. Driver installation didn't do jack shit to solve the problem. The ninth variant detected my modem and USB drive, but kept playing this wierd, chaotic, repeating tune through my soundcard. Unfortunately, there were no sound drivers to resolve the issue. Windows 98 beta detected all my hardware, and driver installation was a cakewalk. Thank GOD I bought my CDRs cheap from Big Lots. But still that was a waste of CDs that I could have filled with MP3s and the best freeware programs available for Windows. May the Linux programmers burn in Hell.

An everyday example of how Linux dependency/lib file Hell prevents people from using Linux: 1) You download libkmidiplayer2.2.4 for Linux, but to install it, you need : libmidi.so.1 libsound.so.2 2) You download the two libfiles, but in order to install libmidi.so.1 you need; libc.so.6 libkernel.so.3 libsynth.so.0 alsa2.1.3 libfm.so.0 3) To install libfm.so.0, you need: libkmidiplayer2.2.4 4) What the fuck?

98. (Linux) (25↑, 46↓)
An operating system that should only be used for hardcore developing and 24/7 services. Gaming on Linux is almost impossible. Linux is everything but user-freindly.

So many Linux-elitists think they are better than everyone else.

99. (linux) (24↑, 45↓)
n. An [OS] that is awesome for geeky programmers. For everyone else, it is much too difficult to install and use.

Linux will always have a small installed base on desktop computers, because the only way it can become [mainstream] is if it loses the difficulty of installation and use. The only way to attain that is to completely change what linux is.

Author: truth teller http://linux.urbanup.com/416944
100. (linux) (8↑, 29↓)
A operating system whose only superiorities versus Windows is its server stability and ability to be altered by its code, because its open-source software. Windows cannot be altered like this because learning C++, then butchering Window's code is illegal. Windows is used by a common computer user who has no interest in running gaming/website servers or being a programmer. Windows is much more compatible, almost everything except Unix/Mac software. Windows is also made by capitalist pigs governed by a monsterous irresponsible behemoth called Bill Gates who failed to completely debug its software in the first place and only does something when somebody personally mails him a death threat.

The linuxers program, and the Windowers use. Enough said. Maccers, I don't know, don't care, only Space Command units use them for their ability to do math better than our common shit PCs.

101. (Linux) (46↑, 69↓)
If you want to see how crappy Linux is without having to waste your time installing it on your computer, try out a live CD of Knoppix or SLAX (Slackware-Live).

I agree with the few people who were brave enough to post the truth about Linux. It is just the same poorly-coded [turd] that the [geek]s tricked us into trying out a few years ago, only this time with more colorful [GUI]s.

Author: normal person http://linux.urbanup.com/652551
102. (Linux) (17↑, 41↓)
Many people think it is an OS, but it is actually just a clever trap devised to capture and mark elitist morons so normal people can avoid them.

"Nice to meet you, what operating system do you use?" "Linux because it is so stable and it runs everything better then eveyrthing else and it is perfect and better then any other OS" "Goodbye\!"

103. (Linux) (10↑, 37↓)
A kernel made by Linux Torvalds; a product of consumption of an hilarious amount alcohol.

\<oppstoppersnopp\>Linux is the best \<femilh\>STFU, or I'll rape your mother with a Hitlerjügend-knife \<oppstoppersnopp\>But Linux is the best\! \<femilh\>No, BSD is the best. \<oppstoppersnopp\>No \<femilh\>Yes \<oppstoppersnopp\>No \<femilh\>Yes \<oppstoppersnopp\>OK ALREADY\! BSD RULES THE FSCKING EARTH\!

Author: Mr. Charles Beastie IV.IV http://linux.urbanup.com/1262780
104. (Linux) (56↑, 92↓)
A non-operating system that still hasn't lived up to its excessive [hype], because the geeks in the community are; (a) too busy arguing with each other over which [distro] is the best, (b) blaming [Microsoft] even for ridiculous things such as huricanes, tsunamis, and last year's boom of aphids, and (c) producing variants of Linux that are completely incompatible with each other. While distros of Linux such as [Mepis] and [Ubuntu] are showing some promise, it would be logic-defying if the Linux community FINALLY produces something that actually is worth using on the desktop without any program installation hassles by 2010.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the REAL cost of running Linux on the desktop: Linux distro: $0.00 to $99.99 if you have high-speed internet access, $9.99-$179.99 if you don't. Linux manual: $19.99 to $79.99 New Modem (because "[winmodems]" don't run under Linux): $29.99 to $59.99 New Soundcard (because the soundcard you have is not supported): $19.99 to $89.99 New Internet Service Provider (because no popular ISP supports Linux) $7.99 to $39.99 (Note: The non-popular ISPs often don't have free minutes and will charge you like they would a regular phone call). New graphics-card (because your integrated video card is not supported) $29.99 to $199.99 New printer (because your printer is not supported) $39.99 to $159.99 New scanner (very few are Linux-compatible) $49.99 to $199.99 The sheer frustration of finding out that, despite buying the new hardware and spending weeks of relaxation time tinkering with the command-line code, Linux STILL refuses to perform on the same level as OS-X or Windows XP: Priceless Windows XP: $99.99 to $199.99 Cost of new hardware (all the hardware you bought for Linux is Windows-compatible) $0.00 And this, my friends is the true cost of running Linux on the desktop.

Author: former penguin http://linux.urbanup.com/1256896
105. (linux) (30↑, 70↓)
A half-finished piece of shit for an operating system that's a pain in the ass to install, a pain in the ass to use, and a pain in the ass to remove from the hard drive. On the bright side, Linux makes an excellent disk partitioning tool. If Linux was designed primarily for network servers, then it doesn't make any sense to market it as a desktop replacement, especially if the applications suck, and hardware detection is nonexistent.

I wasted half of a 14 CDs of a 25-CD spindle on 9 variants of Linux. 6 of them didn't work because the computer shut down when the installation detected my video card. 2 variants wouldn't detect my soundcard, modem, USB scanner, and USB drive. Driver installation didn't do jack shit to solve the problem. The ninth variant detected my modem and USB drive, but kept playing this wierd, chaotic, repeating tune through my soundcard. Unfortunately, there were no sound drivers to resolve the issue. Windows 98 beta detected all my hardware, and driver installation was a cakewalk. Thank GOD I bought my CDs cheap from Big Lots. But still that was a waste of CDs that I could have filled with the best freeware available for Windows. May the Linux programmers burn in Hell.

106. (linux) (4↑, 51↓)
[linux] [is] [an] [operating] [system] ([os])... [it] [does] [run] [faster] [then] [windows] [xp], [atleast] [on] [my] [computer]... [though], [it] [could] [still] [use] [many] [improvements].. [if] [linux] [gets] [mouse] [gestures] [before] [windows] [puts] [out] [longhorn], [windows] [could] [very] [well] [die]....

yea...this is the example asshole

107. (linux) (26↑, 85↓)
An operating system which people use when they want to pretend they know what they are on about. 95% of all games and worth while software doesnt work on Linux. Only useful as a server side [OS] as web hosting isn't the most demanding task for an OS.

I r0x0r coz 1 j00z 1inu\>\<

108. (Linux) (145↑, 207↓)
Ah, Linux, The April fool's joke of the computing world and an embarrassment to the [open-source] philosophy. The brat that hasn't learned to shut the fuck up and do something more productive to its cause. The hacking tool used by [script kiddie]s who think they are "[l337 haxors]" after typing 10 lines of code in [Pearl]. A prime example of how [group-think] leads to less productive activity. [Communism] in electronic form. Now Im sure we all have by now heard the same old cliches about old [Tux] being the best thing since sliced bread, but eventually, they just beg to be examined a little more, as follows. 1) Linux is [free]. And I'm the king of Peru. If it really is free, then the Linux sites would have no [pop-up] windows and ads asking for donations. Getting Luddix may be "free", but having to end up buying up to $200 worth of new hardware just to run a computer at 1/20 the speed of [Windows 95] throws the whole concept of free out the door. Also the "Free as in Beer" line is pure bullshit, because the can of Budweiser I got at the store cost me $1.39, and it costs money to get whole-grain wheat flour to create home-brewed alcohol. And no, dumb-ass, speech is not free either. If you don't believe me, try going up to a cop and string some four-letter words in his face, nd see if he will respect your freedom of speech. 2) Linux is fast and does not contain [bloat-ware] like [Micro$hit] [Windoze]. If you think [Microsoft] Windows is bloat-ware, you haven't tried [Red Hat], ELX, or [SusE], because THOSE define bloat-ware. Up to 7 CDs full of useless junk right there. And Luddix is fast alright, compared to the time it takes for Neptune to circle around the Sun. And you won't believe how much RAM a typical Lunix distribution gobbles up. Better make sure you have an extra 512MB stick of RAM handy. (Note: If you want to see a fast operating system that's not Linux, check out [BeOS] at www.bebits.com. Now THAT, my friend, is fast\!) 3) Linux gives you choices. That would have been fine if there were 4 [distribution]s. Hell, that would have been okay if there were 9 [distro]s. But 300 distros is fucking insane, especially if 293 of them suck shit through a straw. 4) with Linux, you have a wide variety of [GUI]s and applications. Yeah, too bad they are all poorly-designed, and look like ripoffs of anything that Microsoft or [Apple] makes. Not to mention, having to type 30 fucking lines of code just to get the program to open is pure joy. 5) 2005/2004/2000/1999/1998: The Year of the Linux Desktop. The year came and went, Windows and [Mac]OS logos are still flashing on the screens of those who are not blessed with the [faggot]ry of [geek]ism. Where oh where did Tux go? The kernel that every computer "expert" hyped would be the killer of Micro$oft? Surely [Walmart] can't hold up the weight of the Linux community with its $300 [Linspire] boxes (which end up being a dirt cheap way of installing Windows on a new computer) Looks like the Lin-zealots lied to us again, which is typical of those bastards. And it's also hard to believe that it's been over 10 years, and the fucking penguins STILL haven't created anything that even Apple would give a shit about. 6) Linux is more secure and easier to improve than Windoze. Until the [terrorist]s, cultists, and malicious coders get their hands on Lunix. If they haven't already. After all, it is open-source, and by definition, open-source means that everybody gets to contribute their input into the kernel. 7) The Linux community is willing to lend a helping hand to those not familiar to the kernel. If a helping hand means, (a) telling grandma to [RTFM] and (b) posting 9 spelling-error-filled pages of insults, death-threats, and jokes about gay sex/male body parts/fairy-tale creatures on a Linux message board because she politely asked how to get her sound card to work, then surely the Luddix community is the most generous group in the world. 8) Linux is more stable than Windoze I like that, plus the fact that you can't run anything without 200 dependencies (see [dependency]) or 30 lines of code. Now that we're done breaking down the crap, here are some things the Lunatix community has no choice but to fix, if they ever want old Tux to be on more than 0.0003% of all desktops. 1) GET RID OF X\! It is a waste of resources and useless as a desktop GUI. At least the guy who created Damn Small Linux had the right idea, and as a result, created a distro that actually isn't bloat-ware. 2) Get rid of all those useless fucking window managers and themes. They add more bloat to the system. 3) Get rid of the snobs, l337 haxors, and religious extremists in your midst. If you ever wonder why nobody is using Linux, it's because these bastards are the loudest and rudest of the bunch. 4) NO MORE [TARBALL]S OR COMPILES\! The software should already be compiled BEFORE it is released, because that's just pure fucking laziness and the programmer deserves to be hanged. 5) Rewrite the entire Lin-architecture so that programs don't need 200 fucking dependencies just to work. 6) Rewrite the entire Lin-architecture so that it doesn't require a 5-hour compile whenever an updated of a text-editor/MP3 player/Tux-Racer game is installed. 7) GET THE FUCKING HARDWARE TO WORK\! If the "[Winmodem]" works on a [FreeBSD] box and a BeOS box with generic drivers, then there is no excuse for the modem to not work under Linux. 8) Standardization is good, especially when it comes to file packaging and installation. 9) Get rid of all the useless fucking distros that are clogging up the Internet. Nobody is going to use 290 of them anyway, so you might as well just band together and focus your talents and resources (and MY donation money) on the 10 most used distros. 10) Make the emulation PERFECT\! If WINE promises to emulate Windows programs, then it damn well better emulate every piece of Windows-compatible software sold at [Office Depot] or [Electronics Boutique]. Failure to do so is unacceptable and will result in the purchase of a real OS ([Windows XP]).

If Average User Joe has to spend 5 hours downloading a 3-CD Linux distro from your crappy servers or end up shelling out $50 to $180 at [Best Buy] for the same distro because (a) the servers are not available or (b) don't exist, then Joe expects that distro to (1) install flawlessly, (2) work right out of the box, and (3) support all his hardware. If said Linux distro violates any of the three expectations, then don't expect Linux to succeed.

109. (linux) (29↑, 94↓)
A OS alternative to Windows used by Adults or kids tryin to look like they know a lot aboout computers when they wouldnt rather make life easier and click away...

Marky-Randolf III recieved Linux as a 3rd grade graduation gift so he can hack,spam,break laws,and have a preset sense of intelligence before anyone else. April Fools?

Author: Anti-gates also http://linux.urbanup.com/395826
110. (linux) (26↑, 102↓)
an operating system used by people who think they are cool. it usualy does not work properly or uses a great amount of skill

linux blows like macs but windows acually works

111. (linux) (60↑, 139↓)
A method of torturing a person who is just trying to learn more about computers. The folks who program this system assume that you know everything about computers, and will hurl insults at you is you even dare to ask them a question relating to running the OS.

Linux is NOT an efficient, user-friendly operating system. It is a nightmare disguised as a blessing.

Author: frustrated newbie http://linux.urbanup.com/78955
112. (linux) (20↑, 109↓)
A program that provides the classic setup for a monopoply: undersell and demonize your competition, then raise prices sharply when there are no other alternatives.

You soon will not be allowed to use a computer if you are not using Linux.

Author: Arcpibtn Meaas http://linux.urbanup.com/384980
113. (linux) (17↑, 199↓)
a shit operating sytem which is sooooooooooooo easy to control it is for wimps who think they're it anyway only use windows thats even more easier\!

thats linux is sooooooo fucking easy to operate\! wankers use it\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!

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Last updated: 2012.03.03

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