It’s taking over like the small, warm, cuddly (but cost effective and powerful) creature that represents it. Linux is not just for nerds and screen-monkeys. It’s a stable and easy to use operating system for the masses and best of all it’s free. It is also now installed on all of the PC’s in the computer center in one form or another. Although these machines have linux installed, the configuration of these systems (specifically user logins) is evolving so that they will not yet boot into Linux. We are working on this integration so that in the future any user can boot into Windows or Linux. In the meantime, the kiosks at the front of the center are running Ubuntu as are the stations in the ACC.
If you are using a computer in the center that is running Windows, chances are good that it’s also running Linux. Wanna give it a try? Ask a computer consultant at the front desk and they can help you get started!
Nuh-uh! It’s installed on all the computers in Advanced Computing, but with a few exceptions it’s not on most of the PCs in the rest of the computer center (sadly).
What distro is available?
They run Ubuntu and based on what I’ve seen they have Gnome, KDE, xfce, fluxbox, and a few other window managers.
As far as I know, only Ubuntu. I would imagine there are others though.