Myths about Linux

Myths are a common tactic used by commercial technology vendors to frighten their market away from competing technologies.

These are some of the most common Linux myths:

Myth - Linux is freeware, hence, it is a toy.

Linux is a piece of software that was written by volunteers with no profit motive in mind, which is why some people think that the results must clearly be inferior to commercial-grade offerings.

This may have been true in the past, but it is most certainly not true in recent days.

Some of the brightest minds in the globe can be brought together over the Internet, which allows the collaboration on projects they are interested in. The Linux developers are from a diverse background, and all of them have different personal reasons for wanting to contribute.

Unlike a commercial offering where a package is developed and sold, source code excluded, to the end-user, code used in Linux is scrutinised, debugged, and improved upon by anyone who has the interest and ability.

This act of peer-review is one of the reasons that Linux offers the high reliability and high performance that it does.

Myth - There is no support for Linux.

There is support for Linux, which is commercial support. There are some companies that can provide as much support as you are willing to pay for; offering telephone and e-mail support, many offering to come right to your door to deal with the problem.

In 99% of the situations you will run into with Linux, you will be able to accomplish what you wish if you can simply get the answer to a question or two.

Another interesting aspect of Linux is that, because the source code for the entire kernel and most of the other operating system components is freely available, key-support issues such as security, denial of service, or CPU bugs are tracked down and solved very quickly.

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