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Listening To: No Means No – Wrong<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Photo: Having a coffee while the Main St. Fire<\/a> is doused.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I got a comment the other day that using our Linux-based video streaming system was “non-standard”. All they had to do was enter their username and password then click on a icon to run an application. The exact same application that runs on all the major desktop platforms. Yes, I rolled my eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ironic thing is that most people use Unix or Linux on a daily basis. It’s behind many of the devices we interact with. Apple uses it for all their products and even Windows now includes the ability to run not only command-line Linux but full desktops. Desktops that resemble other operating systems and some that are quite unique. There is a lot of choice (Plasma<\/a> is my go to).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m going to use “Unix” and “Linux” interchangeably here and while a purist may want me to note the various distinctions between the two it really doesn’t matter to those using them with any sort of graphical interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a short random list of things that use one of the two underneath:<\/p>\n\n\n\n