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Introduction to Linux
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About the founder of LINUX
Linus Benedict Torvalds (born
December 28, 1969) began the
development of Linux, an operating
system kernel, and today acts as the
project coordinator
Inspired by Minix (a kernel and
operating system developed by Andrew
Tanenbaum), he felt the need for a
capable UNIX operating system that he
could run on his home PC
Torvalds did the original
development of the Linux
kernel primarily in his own
time and on his equipment.

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TUX - the penguin
Penguin is the official
mascot of the Linux
operating system.
Tux, is a chubby penguin
that looks content and
satisfied
The concept of the Linux mascot
being a penguin came from Linus
Torvalds, the creator of the Linux
kernel.

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GNUs (Not Unix)
The GNU project was started in 1983 for
developing a complete Unix-like operating
system, including software development tools and
user application programs, entirely of free
software.

By the release of the first version of the Linux
kernel, the GNU project had produced all the
necessary components of this system except the
kernel.

Torvalds and other early Linux-kernel
developers adapted their kernel to work with the
GNU components and user space programs to
create a fully functional operating system.
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FEATURES OF LINUX
Open source development model.

Supports wide variety of hardware.

Supports many networking protocols and configurations

Supports more File systems.

Linux has a reputation for fewer bugs (programming mistakes) than
Windows.

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FEATURES OF LINUX

True multitasking
X - A graphical user interface similar to windows, but supports
remote sessions over a network.
Advanced server functionality
FTP server
Telnet server
BOOTP server
DHCP server
Samba server
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Reasons to use
Free
Runs on various machine architectures
Works well on machines that are not "modern".
Recommended 8MB RAM, with 16MB swap drive space. It will
run in hard drives as small as 500MB or less.
Linux is stable and even if a program crashes, it won't bring
the OS down.
Source code is available.

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Linux Vs Windows
Open Source Development
Model and so the programmer
can redesign the OS.
It is not an open source and
hence cannot be redesigned by
the programmer.
Linux is robust and very much
secure from virus.
Windows gets affected by
virus very easily.
The Linux servers has
surpassed windows server
operating system in security.
Security is the main issue
which has made windows to
think to survive.
It costs less to design and
implement a Linux Network.
It costs more to implement
Windows Network
administration, when compared
to Linux.
There are 250000+ developers
behind Linux for open source
deployment.
Compared to Linux, windows
is developed by few thousands of
people.
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Linux Flavors
Red Hat Linux (Red Hat)
Fedora Linux
Open Linux (Caldera)
SuSE Linux (Novell)
Mandrake Linux (Mandrake)
Turbo Linux (Pacific Hi-Tech)
Linux PPC (MAC Power PC version)
Info magic
Slack ware Linux Project
Knoppix (Live CD) etc.,