Linux
Monday, August 20, 2007 by AidZ
What is Linux?
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Linux is an operating system that was first created at the University of Helsinki in Finland by a young student named Linus Torvalds. At this time the student was working on a UNIX system that was running on an expensive platform. Because of his low budget, and his need to work at home, he decided to create a copy of the UNIX system in order to run it on a less expensive platform, such as an IBM PC. He began his work in 1991 when he released version 0.02 and worked steadily until 1994 when version 1.0 of the Linux Kernel was released. The current full-featured version at this time is 2.2.X (released January 25, 1999), and development continues. The Linux operating system is developed under the GNU General Public License (also known as GNU GPL) and its source code is freely available to everyone who downloads it via the Internet. The CD-ROM version of Linux is also available in many stores, and companies that provide it will charge you for the cost of the media and support. Linux may be used for a wide variety of purposes including networking, software development, and as an end-user platform. Linux is often considered an excellent, low-cost alternative to other more expensive operating systems because you can install it on multiple computers without paying more.
Some good reasons to use Linux
There are no royalty or licensing fees for using Linux, and the source code can be modified to fit your needs. The results can be sold for profit, but original authors retain copyright and you must provide the source to your modifications. Because it comes with source code to the kernel, it is quite portable. Linux runs on more CPUs and platforms than any other computer operating system. The recent direction of the software and hardware industry is to push consumers to purchase faster computers with more system memory and hard drive storage. Linux systems are not affected by those industries’ orientation because of it capacity to run on any kind of computers, even aging x486-based computers with limited amounts of RAM. Linux is a true multi-tasking operating system similar to his brother UNIX. It uses sophisticated, state-of-the-art memory management to control all system processes. That means that if a program crashes you can kill it and continue working with confidence. Another benefit is that Linux is practically immunized against all kinds of viruses that we find in other operating systems. To date we have found only two viruses that were effective on Linux systems. Let's dispel some of the fear, uncertainty, and doubt about Linux It's a toy operating system. Fortune 500 companies, governments, and consumers more and more use Linux as a cost-effective computing solution. It has been used and is still used by big companies like IBM, Amtrak, NASA, and others. There's no support. Every Linux distribution comes with more than 12,000 pages of documentation. Commercial Linux distributions such as Red Hat Linux, Caldera, SuSE, and OpenLinux offer initial support for registered users, and small business and corporate accounts can get 24/7 supports through a number of commercial support companies. As an Open Source operating system, there's no six months to wait for a service release, and the online Linux community fixes many serious bugs within hours.
There are no royalty or licensing fees for using Linux, and the source code can be modified to fit your needs. The results can be sold for profit, but original authors retain copyright and you must provide the source to your modifications. Because it comes with source code to the kernel, it is quite portable. Linux runs on more CPUs and platforms than any other computer operating system. The recent direction of the software and hardware industry is to push consumers to purchase faster computers with more system memory and hard drive storage. Linux systems are not affected by those industries’ orientation because of it capacity to run on any kind of computers, even aging x486-based computers with limited amounts of RAM. Linux is a true multi-tasking operating system similar to his brother UNIX. It uses sophisticated, state-of-the-art memory management to control all system processes. That means that if a program crashes you can kill it and continue working with confidence. Another benefit is that Linux is practically immunized against all kinds of viruses that we find in other operating systems. To date we have found only two viruses that were effective on Linux systems. Let's dispel some of the fear, uncertainty, and doubt about Linux It's a toy operating system. Fortune 500 companies, governments, and consumers more and more use Linux as a cost-effective computing solution. It has been used and is still used by big companies like IBM, Amtrak, NASA, and others. There's no support. Every Linux distribution comes with more than 12,000 pages of documentation. Commercial Linux distributions such as Red Hat Linux, Caldera, SuSE, and OpenLinux offer initial support for registered users, and small business and corporate accounts can get 24/7 supports through a number of commercial support companies. As an Open Source operating system, there's no six months to wait for a service release, and the online Linux community fixes many serious bugs within hours.
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