Re: [Hampshire] Killer Apps for Linux

On 08/12/06, Mat Grove <mjeg@???> wrote:
>
> ... However Linux was the first open source OS I
> got my hands on and I feel a certain loyalty towards it,

Tee hee. I was just thinking the 'opposite' : Linux is the /last/ OS
OS I have laid my hands on! Previously BSD 4, Solaris, Ultrix, AIX,
HP/UX ... all of which are thankfully consigned to the 'thank ${deity}
I don't have to do /that/ any more" category.

Going back to OP question, I'd agree that one of the big win points
for OS is its multi platform capability. The fact that I can set up
working practices on my Linux boxes and deploy them to co-workers'
WInPCs - Apache, Perl, VNC, ssh come immediately to mind - is
immensely enabling.

Also, the area of embedded apps (and complete systems) comes to mind.
I recall seeing someone's gallery (can't attribute as I can't recall
exactly whose - it's one of two prominent LUG members) with a screen
shot of Tux on a Tom Tom screen. That must be a 'killer' feature of
Linux specifically - that you can find it in your car, your home
cinema, your fridge and your phone as well as in the data centres.