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Linux is a computer operating system which is free and is under the model of free and open source
software development and distribution. Linux is a UNIX-like operating system that is available as an
alternative to commercial operating systems such as Windows, UNIX, or Macintosh OS. Because Linux is
open source software so users have access to the source code and are allowed to use, modify, or
redistribute the codes. The name Linux is pronounced LINN-ucks in English.
The original version of Linux was not developed as a commercial product.
The Finnish software engineer Linus Torvalds wrote the first version of Linux
while he was a second-year student of computer science at the University of
Helsinki in Finland. He released it to a public Internet forum in 1991. Other
software engineers worldwide subsequently adopted Linux as a
programming challenge. With thousands of minds focused on improving the
software, Linux rapidly became a fast, reliable, and widespread operating
system. What perhaps endeared Linux most to so many people who
volunteered their efforts was the fact that the basic Linux operating system
was, is and continues to be free.
The Power of Linux
Websites running on Linux
Google
Facebook
YouTube
Yahoo
Blogger
Wikipedia
Twitter
Android operating
system is based on
the Linux kernel and
there are more than 1.5
million android
activations daily
Most Popular Linux
Distributions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is
a Linux distribution developed by Red
Hat and targeted toward
the commercial market. Red Hat
Enterprise Linux is released in server
versions for x86, x86-64, Itanium,
PowerPC and IBM System z, and
desktop versions for x86 and x86-64.
Latest Stable Release: 6.5, 5.10 /
November 21, 2013
Linux Mint is a Linux distribution for
desktop computers. Linux Mint is aimed
at being a "modern, elegant and
comfortable operating system which is
both powerful and easy to use." Mint
provides full out-of-the-box multimedia
support by including some proprietary
software such as Java and Adobe Flash.
Mint's motto is "from freedom came
elegance".
Latest Stable Release: Linux Mint 16
("Petra") / November 30, 2013
Linus Torvalds
Linux is Free and produced
collaboratively by thousands
of developers around the
world. Weekly patches are
sent to the Linux
organization by developers
which is tested and included
in the next release if passed
Linux is easy to modify
as per the requirement
of the system, thus CPU
utilization can be
customized as per
processes which are
essential by discarding
the services which are
not required by the
machine
Fedora Core, is an RPM-based, general purpose collection of software,
including an operating system based on the Linux kernel, developed by
the community-supported Fedora Project & owned by Red Hat.
Latest Stable Release: 20 (Heisenbug) , December 17, 2013
Ubuntu is the most popular desktop
Linux distribution. Ubuntu comes
installed with a wide range of software
includes LibreOffice, Firefox, Empathy,
Transmission, and several lightweight
games (such as Sudoku and chess).
Additional software that is not installed
by default (such as Evolution
and Synaptic) can be downloaded and
installed using the Ubuntu Software
Center.
Latest Stable Release: 13.10 Saucy
Salamander / 17 October 2013
Debian GNU/Linux is
one of the most
popular Linux
distributions for
personal and
Internet server
machine. Debian is
seen as a solid Linux,
and as a consequence
has been used as a
base for other Linux
distributions.
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