THE DEVICES
OLPC
A failure, but a big deal anyway
PDAs (but this AND a phone?)
MP3 Players
Ipod
Blackberry
AKA THE LAST CELL PHONE MAKER EVER ☺
Nokia N900
iPhone
Darwin/POSIX Compliant (but basically closed)
Android
Linux Kernel , Weird OS
For Comparison - Windows 7?
Win 10?
Os X?
Choices Choices Choices
Linux has MANY Different
Window Managers
used in even more different
Desktop Environments
which probably looks a lot like "different operating systems"
old KDE
Current KDE
Elementary
Raspberry Pi OS
Ubuntu
Fancy old Compiz Fanciness
OpenElec/Kodi
Kali Linux
Awesome
OKAY, what is LINUX exactly. An OS?
Yes, but — what is an OS?
Lots of different kinds of software at
different levels.
(Apple/Windows just squishes them all together)
A rough car analogy
Linux is a Kernel
A rough car analogy
GNU is..uh this other stuff i'm not a car guy
A rough car analogy
Distros are like Models/Makes
A rough car analogy
Window Managers or Desktop Environments are like the dash
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