Power to Open Source and Linux!

Because I love Linux! I use it wherever possible, whenever possible. I don't really care much for Windows mainly because of the direction the Operating System and the company Microsoft are headed. It's full of privacy grabbing software and it's not extremely secure. Sure maybe you can take measures to disable privacy and to secure the system. But that's not the case with Linux, it's pro-privacy by default and typically secure.


"But hang on a minute, just what is Linux?"  Well the short of it is, Linux is a free to use and to share Operating System that people world wide contribute to. That community is in part why it's so secure, many people working together to fix issues, squash software bugs, and plug holes.

To be more specific; Linux is a kernel which can be thought of as "the core of all operations", the bit of code that talks to the hardware and provides an interface other software can use to run on hardware. Which on top can run stuff like the 'desktop' and web browser, software that makes the whole setup seem more like other Operating Systems you may know, like Windows.


Over all that I love Linux not just because it's more secure or pro-privacy (those are two big bonuses though), because it's a platform for me to tinker and get to learn more about the inter-workings of a computer and software. Does that mean I miss out playing games or using software others may use on Windows? Not really, there are programs that help run those on Linux.



If you want to learn even more check out some of the links below or just research it online.

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/what-is-linux

http://www.explainthatstuff.com/linux.html

First post

Welcome! My name is Lance. This blog is about me and my love of technology, mostly about what I do or plan to do. Why call it 'Fail.sh'? Because I'm probably not doing things correctly, if that's true you will find out sooner or later. Maybe this blog name will change later but only when I'm more confident about what I do. Also, as a warning I will end up adding to all my posts, information in this blog may or may not be accurate so it's your fault if you followed my lead without proper research and now all your files are gone, computer caught fire, or other such bad events. Stick around, maybe you'll get some fantastic computer knowledge from me or maybe just laughs at my expense.


Oh and in case you don't know what the '.sh' part of the blog title means, it's meant to mean "shell". It's a common file abbreviation you find when running Linux or related Operating Systems. If you encounter it, it means the file contains a script that would be ran in a terminal or "shell".