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#22 - Linux Fans
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English - March 17, 2017 20:15 - 1 hour - 42.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTV & Film Society & Culture fandom fanalysis anthropology pro-fan fanthropology conventions geek culture geek geek life nerd Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We're compiling (notes) and choosing our favourite distro for when we talk about this week's fandom: Linux Fans!
What _is_ Linux? Why are its fans so dedicated? What is the appeal?
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Citations ["Does GNU-Linux *have* to be a "techies-only" platform?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/5vtxq8/does_gnulinux_have_to_be_a_techiesonly_platform/#bottom-comments) ["Christmas Gift Ideas For Linux Fans"](http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/12/linux-xmas-gift-ideas-2016) ["It's time Linux fans open their arms to closed source"](http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.techrepublic.com/article/time-linux-fans-open-their-arms-to-closed-source/&gws_rd=cr&ei=UXCzWP-AC8ipjwSyhJxY) ["5 Things We (Secretly All) Miss About Ubuntu"](http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/09/5-things-secretly-miss-ubuntu) ["Whats so great about Ubuntu Server?"](https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2349610) ["What Is Linux? | The Linux Gamer"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFFNiMV27VY) ["Six Reasons PCs are Better with Linux"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly1geVr-Xi4) ["r/linux - Why do you love Linux &
FOSS?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/2qbxv8/why_do_you_love_linux_foss/) ["r/linux - Why Do You Choose Linux over Some Other Unix-Like OS?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/5sr0ks/why_do_you_choose_linux_over_some_other_unixlike/) ["r/linux - Do You Think Linux Will Ever Die?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/24eb6o/do_you_think_linux_will_ever_die/) ["r/linux - Why *I* Still Use Linux"](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/5iv8ue/why_i_still_use_linux/) ["Linux - Album on Imgur"](https://imgur.com/gallery/AJG6t) ["r/linux - I'm Curious About Linux, Just a Few Questions if You Don't Mind!"](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1ts0a4/im_curious_about_linux_just_a_few_questions_if/) ["What Is Free Software?"](http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) ["About LinuxChix"](http://www.linuxchix.org/node/754) ["Women in Linux - About"](http://www.womeninlinux.com/index.php/about/) ["50 Places Linux is Running That You Might Not
Expect"](http://www.comparebusinessproducts.com/fyi/50-places-linux-running-you-might-not-expect)
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