OSU Physics Faqs : Linux : Linux for Physics Majors : What is Linux used for?
Linux has become very popular in recent years. Its stability and networkability have become great assets. It has become the tool of choice for many multimedia authors, application developers, systems administrators, network providers and researchers. Linux was used in the movie “Titanic” as well as for “Shrek”, in order to provide the impressive visual effects. The networking aspects of Linux are especially of interest to many big businesses and scientific communities. It is easy to log in from remote machines, share files, and run remote applications. It is easy to program on Linux in a variety of languages, and text editing with the TeX language is often done using Linux.
