Datum 2014
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Linux Facts
Linux is one of the world’s most
powerful and popular operating
system. Linux operating system
was developed by Linus Benedict
Torvalds at the age of 21. At present
there are more than 300 flavors of
Linux available and one can choose
between any of them depending on
the kind of applications they want.
Linux is a freeware and generally
speaking its free from Virus and
other malware infections.
»»Only 2% of the current Linux kernel written by Linus Torvalds.
»»The Linux kernel version is written in the programming language C.
»»The first commercial distribution GNU / Linux was Yggdrasil was
launched Lice-CD format in 1992. Red
Hat was one of the first distributions
to settle within companies and data
centers in 1999.
»»A guy named William Della
Croce Jr. registered the name Linux
and demanded royalties for use of
the mark. Later, he agreed to assign
the trademark to the true owner, who
is Torvalds.
»»Countries such as Russia, Brazil
and Venezuela have put their focus
on Linux as a basis for interoperable management , cost efficient and
technologically independent.
»»U.S. Department of Defense, U.S.
air traffic control systems or control
tion Administration uses Linux in gov-
of nuclear reactors of submarines and
ernment offices. Indian state of Tamil
ships many nuclear war.
Nadu uses Linux for education purpose.
»»Linux programmers are often as-
»»90% of the world’s most power-
sociated with living “isolated” in the
ful supercomputers using an operating
world, however, over 75% of the code
system GNU / Linux, in fact, the top ten
developed for the Linux kernel came
of supercomputers use Linux. In fact,
from private sector developers. In fact,
the penetration of Linux in data cen-
large technology companies like Intel,
ters is very high, 33.8% of the world
Google, IBM, AMD, Sun Microsystems,
runs on Linux servers compared to 7.3%
Dell, Asus, HP, Analog Devices, Oracle,
does so in a Microsoft operating sys-
Novell or Red Hat help developing ap-
tem.
plications, contributing to the core or
»»The name of the penguin, Tux , is
pre-installing any GNU / Linux their
not entirely clear. On the one hand, it is
machines. In fact, during the 2003 Su-
said that the origin of the name comes
per Bowl (which paralyzes the United
from the fact that penguins appear to
States and remains glued to the TV
be wearing a tuxedo, which in English
for many Americans), IBM delivered a
is said max tuxedo tux and is abbreviat-
beautiful ad talking about Linux and
ed. In contrast, another source comes
open source options.
from the letters of the logo of Tux are
»»The GNU project in 1991, had no
Unix Torvalds.
drivers and kernel, that’s what led to
»»Torvalds wanted to call the ker-
Linus Torvalds to address the Linux
nel Freax (a combination of “free”,
kernel development. If GNU had had,
“freak”, and the letter X to indicate
perhaps, Torvalds had not been put to
that it is a Unix-like), but his friend Ari
work on that.
Lemmke, who administered the FTP
»»The Linux kernel is now the most
server where the kernel was hosted
widely ported operating system, run-
for download, the download directory
ning on a great variety of operating
called kernel of Linux Torvalds.
systems.
»»Debian was one of the first GNU
»»World known companies such
/ Linux that was constituted and orga-
as Google, Cisco, Facebook, Twitter,
nized as a community of developers.
Linked in etc use Linux as their main
»»Linux is present in highly critical
operating system.
applications such as Japan’s bullet
trains, traffic control, San Francisco, the
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New York Stock Exchange, CERN, many
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