The Many Colored Hats in Computing

Old Ladies with Open-Source Computers and Mana Color Alignments for Hackers, Oh My

Not a directly computational red hat.

Today I have learned a couple of different things:

1. Red Hat Linux often gets confused with a group of old ladies who wear red hats, the Red Hats. This leads to many old ladies who want to go out in red hats learning about Linux and open-source software.

Ever wonder how Red Hat got its name? | Computerworld

2. The colors of hacking hats are basically the same as Magic: the Gathering mana colors. This says a lot about our society.

6 different types of hackers, from black hat to red hat | TechTarget

Different Types of Hackers: The 6 Hats Explained - InfoSec Insights (sectigostore.com)