How Linux is Built

While Linux is running our phones, friend requests, tweets, financial trades, ATMs and more, most of us don't know how it's actually built. This short video takes you inside the process by which the largest collaborative development project in the history of computing is organized. Based on the annual report "Who Writes Linux," this is a powerful and inspiring story of how Linux has become a community-driven phenomenon. More information about Linux and The Linux Foundation can be found at http://www.linuxfoundation.org and http://www.linux.com

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[Connor Cooper]

Very convincing. I'm totally going to delete the OS I'm currently using and install Windows because of this glorious comment you have posted. Very articulate comment sir, thumbs up to you.

[nonsholten]

It is not the only thing linux is good at. Linux runs on computers that need security. The military use it because it is fast and the most secure. The world wide web is built on linux, it is powered by it. Linux is everywere; windows only dominates the desktop market, but nothing more. Hackers use linux. An I don't know what you mean by basement dwellers (it clearly shows that you are not taking this seriously). Do you know what was behind Obama's success in the elections? It was ubuntu.

[moglia]

This video make-me cry. Imagine if the same things doing the same on another areas world will be a better pleace. I used Debian for more then 10 years thanks to all Linux Foundation and FOSS collabs fellas arround the world.

[rambofightstudios]

It's Linux-based, mostly Linux code in there

[Connor Cooper]

Ubuntu 13.04 or Linux Mint. Both support steam, though there is a small list of games that will run. Check out steam's list of games that are supported on Linux. (TF2, Portal, and the Half Life Trilogy are some). Ubuntu has certain cutbacks on reliability, as its DE is very new. However, Mint is more stable and user friendly for windows users. If you want to see which is best, format a USB, extract the ISO image with unetbootin, and power on your computer to boot it up.

[gage ross]

thats up to you you can choose any distro you want most of them are open source witch means free but if you dont want to format your entire drive i would choose ubuntu because you can install it beside your current OS and choose witch one to boot on start up and ubuntu is FREE!!!!! but if i were you i would do more research linux is the most relaible OS out there and most linux distros stays the same speed from the time you install it

[gage ross]

i dont like those distros i agree that mintlinux is the easiest but i prefer ubuntu i use it on my server's and on my desktop i have had no problems i have ben using it since 2005 but thats just my opinion every body is entitled to there own put i prefer ubuntu

[grey0powerlessnesss]

Distrowatch . com tells me that Android is NOT Linux. So strongly, that Distrowatch has banned my submissions of all types to their comments section. See my personal site, gregzeng . com

[42JackieRobinson42]

Agreed but Ubuntu is a little more user friendly than linuxmint

[John Daniel]

Largest collaboration in the history of computing or the history of mankind? I say Linux is Babel 2.0, beta.

[JonasTheShrubber]

Two ways man.

ArchLinux (read about "The Arch Way" on their Wiki to understand what it's all about)

LinuxMint (The most user-friendly of all the distributions IMO)