[BALUG-Talk] Linux references in an essay

[Bill Kendrick]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 04:06:46PM -0800, Baptiste wrote:
>    - I'm actually discovering how widely spread Linux is outside of domestic
>    personal computers..

This is something I've always tried to emphasize when promoting Linux
and open source (e.g., when doing hands-on public demos of Linux with my
Linux User Group out here in Davis).

I don't have it handy, but I used to have a picture-filled handout that
showed all the different uses of Linux, including some snapshots from
famous movies where Linux-based systems were used for 3D rendering and/or
editing.  ('Shrek,' for example.)

Robots, VOiP office phones, PDAs, a cluster of Google servers, etc. etc...


Also, a number of years ago I ran a little survey with LUGOD members to
try and get an idea of the variety of things they use Linux for, and
then turned that into a little hand-out:

http://lugod.org/documents/handouts/what-lugod-members-use-linux-for-2005-07.pdf


-bill!