Do Dead Cats Really Bounce?

Arguments rage over the best work of fiction ever. Some say “The Great Gatsby.” Others insist on “War and Peace.” I’m a proponent of “The Odyssey,” myself.

But it’s undeniable that this magisterial list of guff runs all of them pretty close.

You are encouraged to read the entire thing. If it were possible for a blog post to be bathroom reading, then this would be it. In the meantime, a few highlights:

Linux can install in logical partition or a second(slave hard drive as well) W00t! An unmissable benefit. Particularly when your computer runs a single operating system, as is the case with 99% of computers worldwide.

Linux is running mission critical applications including powering an Aircraft. Not necessarily a good thing… Although it’s nice to have a link to Aircraft You Don’t Want To Die Horribly In.

Linux has built in virtualization(XEN/KVM/VirtualBox/etc.) so you can run multiple copies of Linux or other operating systems simultaneously. Just in case the first one doesn’t work. Oh, and I’d hardly call any of those virtualization mechanisms “built in.”

Vendor independence. Yup, if a vendor won’t sell you their product, you’re quite definitely independent.

Crumbs, I’m only up to number 26. Let’s fast-forward to the last one:

You have commands to check the systems Serial Number and other hardware information. to get serial number type:
dmidecode | grep “Serial Number” | head -n1 | sed -e 's/tSerial Number: //g’ or type dmidecode for all hardware info Read More You can easily use this feature to extract data quickly and even write some scripts to do that. Slap my thighs and bleed my eyes, that’s pure-dee usefulness wrapped in a tasty bucket o’grits.

This FUD shamelessly lifted from Delano, with humble thanks. As Delano says, “It’s an even bigger repository of trademarks than TMRepository.”

It’s certainly a one-shop stop for shameless cultic stupidity.