My Linux Story column

It was 1997 when I received an email from my brother asking me if I had heard of Linux. At the time, I had not, but soon after I was browsing through a computer store when I…

Not too long ago, I was working at an art organisation that offered university classes, low-cost membership for facility usage, and just an all-round creative space where…

I got started with Linux in the late '90s. I worked in the Bell Labs Denver datacenter and had done lots of different kinds of work with UNIX since 1978, such as switching…

When I was a young girl, I remember my dad showing me Linux on his computer. He was showing me what was known then as Red Hat Linux—it was a fresh version of Colgate 4.0 from…

I'm a Linux noob. A newcomer. A beginner. Call it what you like, the fact is I'm new to Linux. And, three years ago I was new to open source, too. It's not uncommon for my…