Linux

[Temple Hoff]

Hello,

Is everyone on vacation?  It seems a little quite out there.

I'd like to start a discussion on linux; where and how it is or can be used 
in libraries. Is anyone using it as a web, e-mail, or file server? How about 
a firewall?  Has anyone considered it then select something else i.e. NT, 
Netscape server, Sun etc?  

My purpose in this is, hopefully, to raise awareness about this powerful 
operating system, its capabilities, and its price, FREE!  Having been 
developed under the GUN Public License (GPL) as "freeware", it has developed 
a following of highly competent independent developers around the world 
freely sharing (for the most part) the code they create.  This theology 
seems right inline with the historic mission of libraries.  I see the two as 
highly complemetary.

comments? 
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Temple Hoff                  E-Mail:temhof at mohave.lib.az.us                 
Library Services Coordinator           Phone:(520) 692-5703  
Mohave County Library District           Fax:(520) 692-5788