: About Me

My passion is ...

Food, wine, photography, IT

I know too much about ...

Food, Photography, IT

My parents always told me ...

they hoped I'd have children like me. Only I don't regard that as a punishment :)

My first job ...

A clothes warehouse in London's East End, Sunday mornings, at 14 years old

My best moment ...

Meeting my wife

Computers & Technology > Software & Web Development LINUX - The stable open source

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Linux is an operating system for PC's - an alternative to Microsoft Windows. Purists will tell you that it should be called GNU/Linux but I'll carry on using plain Linux here - Google will tell you more. First of all, what is Open Source? There are some "official" definitions of this but I'll describe what it actually means to most of us. First of all, it's usually free. You may have to pay for the medium it comes on (e.g. DVD) and the costs of distributing it; you may pay for some printed manuals; but the software itself is usually provided without charge. Secondly, you are supplied with ...

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