25 things that are better because of Linux (and open source)

eva2000 · Feb 18, 2018

Redhat posted an article listing 25 things that are better due to the existence of Linux and open source 25 things that are better because of Linux (and open source) and it's quite eye opening to read that Linux really does rule a big part of the world these days !

As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the term open source, the underpinnings of open source, from transparency and collaboration to freedom and broad dissemination, have spilled out well beyond the confines of enterprise technology to greatly impact both the world of consumer technology as well as the global business climate at large.

Open source has impacted so much that it’s hard to pick out a handful of the most critical innovations, but we’ve tried. Here’s 25 things that we think are better thanks to Linux and open source; some of these may not exist without an open source backbone, while others may have evolved out of necessity, but would likely be unrecognizable to today’s counterparts. So what made our list?
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I can think of a few other things as well that now exist

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