"Who is Linux made by?" A question posed by my mother,

>>55898650
a lot of money is made by developing Linux
companies like Intel, Google, even MicroSoft contribute to Linux development with patches and money

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>>55898650

>>55898650
why would you want your mom to use fuckin linux? why would she want to use a *nix os?

>>55898650
You mom is stupid.

>>55898650
Why the fuck would you make your poor mother use Linux?

No matter if you think Linux is a piece of shit or deny that fact she's the total opposite of Linux' target audience

>>55898650
I'd need a picture of her to answer your question.

>>55898709
this

you also forgot to interject, pleb

Tell her that the code can be checked by everyone, so people can find bugs and security holes rather quickly...and even check if it has anything suspicious inside. Also >>55898680

>>55898680

Is that true for all distros?

>>55898702

I don't care either way. She saw me using it and started asking questions.

>>55898725

I mentioned this to her. She wondered if that also meant someone could insert something malicious more easily.

>>55898650
The kernel is made by paid developers of various companies, for being used in servers, phones and such.

The DEs are made by amateur volunteers and companies like Canonical and Redhat.

Tell her OSx was made out of Linux.

Who makes Windows?
>Microsoft
But WHO. I need names.

>>55898650
Most Linux developers are paid for their work.
http://www.cnet.com/news/paid-developers-power-the-linux-kernel/

>>55898908
> She wondered if that also meant someone could insert something malicious more easily.
Yes and no. Since anyone can modify Linux or one of its distributions, anyone can create a malicious Linux distribution. That said, you're not downloading Yuri's Linux distribution from some Bulgarian imageboard, you're getting something used by many people. By the terms of the GPL, these distros have to publish their source. If the source is malicious, it will be found out very quickly. As far as distributing compromised binaries goes, it's just as easy for some CIA or PLA operative to compromise binaries at Canonical as at Microsoft. One major difference is that all the utilities you download have to publish their source to become part of the distro's repo, so if you download from the repo, you're much less likely to get malware than if you download executables from the internet (which you do when you're running windows).

>>55899165
lel

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>>55898650
>Who is Linux made by?
Communists and murderers

Tell her about Redhat, OP.

>>55898709
Not OP, but go fuck yourself you little piece of shit.

>>55898650
Linus Sebastian you dumb fuck

>>55898650
The meme man Richardo Stalledman

>>55898650
Well, most Linux users are programmers to some extend, and that's why we have the best tool chains for basically everything.

Also, most super computer software runs on linux and in many cases the APIs to comunicate to them also run only on linux.

Beneath that, you can tell your mom what I told my mom when I installed Linux on her machine many years ago: "I manage your computer, therefore I chose what platform I would want to troubleshoot when something goes wrong"

>>55898650
Tell her she an idiot for trusting an evil corporation that gives away their software for "free" in order to profit from your personal data/information.
Rather than trusting a community of devs, many unpaid, who do what they do cause of their love for Linux/FOSS. And are required to follow ethical guidelines in order to have their software published, and loose all credibility and privileges if they sell us out.

>>55898908
>Is that true for all distros?
Yes, the list of maintainers of the Linux kernel is like 50% Intel employees. You can see the full list here:

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/MAINTAINERS

>>55899165
WinRAR

>>55898650
Set her up with Fedora and tell her Red Hat, Inc. backs it.

>>55898908
>for all distros
Indirectly if not directly. A lot of the upstream has benefited from these contributions

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>>55898650
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.
Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

>>55898650
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

>>55902154
>>55902162
Autism

>>55898650
Your mum sounds p cool desu

>>55902154

Can we have more Stallman copypaste?

Arguing with your mom about computers is pretty autistic man.

>>55898650
Linus Torvalds and his prof

>>55902643
>not mentioning the marvelous Richard Stallman

please, go away and dont come back

>>55902621
This

>>55898650
>Who is Linux made by
Linus torvalds, fucking newfag