Linux is a scaled-down UNIX operating system originally developed by Linus Torvalds, then a University student in Finland, now used in everything from PDAs, watches, PCs, Consumer Electronics, Servers and Super Computers.
Beginning: Linux was originally Minix, an educational version of UNIX developed by Andrew Tannenbaum. As an interesting aside, we might be talking about Minix today if not for the licensing that Minix required. Few people have heard about Minix today, far less than have heard about Linux.
Early on, Linux grew as a cheap UNIX that ran on Intel-based PC equipment. At the time, you could purchase UNIX for PCs, but at a high cost (as much as $1500 for a developer's version of interactive UNIX).
Linux Distributions: Technically, Linux is really just an OS Kernel, produced under the direction of Linus Torvalds. But, Linux usually comes with a set of utility, desktop, and Server programs, including networking suites, Web Servers, file systems, compilers and a whole lot more. For example, Linux includes the XFree86 version of the X Window System, the GNU C compiler GCC, and code from quite a lot of other sources. But to make things confusing, there's more than one version of Linux.
A number of organizations, commercial and some volunteer, collect together versions of all these programs with the Linux Kernel, test that everything works together, and then release what is called a distribution of Linux.
The main Linux distributions include: RedHat, Kondara MNU/Linux, SUSE (Self CD loading), Linux Mandrake, Knnopix, Slackware.
The best Linux disttribution to try is the one that is handy or readily available from friends, computer magazines or books etc.
For further reference http://Sourceforge.net
Beginning: Linux was originally Minix, an educational version of UNIX developed by Andrew Tannenbaum. As an interesting aside, we might be talking about Minix today if not for the licensing that Minix required. Few people have heard about Minix today, far less than have heard about Linux.
Early on, Linux grew as a cheap UNIX that ran on Intel-based PC equipment. At the time, you could purchase UNIX for PCs, but at a high cost (as much as $1500 for a developer's version of interactive UNIX).
Linux Distributions: Technically, Linux is really just an OS Kernel, produced under the direction of Linus Torvalds. But, Linux usually comes with a set of utility, desktop, and Server programs, including networking suites, Web Servers, file systems, compilers and a whole lot more. For example, Linux includes the XFree86 version of the X Window System, the GNU C compiler GCC, and code from quite a lot of other sources. But to make things confusing, there's more than one version of Linux.
A number of organizations, commercial and some volunteer, collect together versions of all these programs with the Linux Kernel, test that everything works together, and then release what is called a distribution of Linux.
The main Linux distributions include: RedHat, Kondara MNU/Linux, SUSE (Self CD loading), Linux Mandrake, Knnopix, Slackware.
The best Linux disttribution to try is the one that is handy or readily available from friends, computer magazines or books etc.
For further reference http://Sourceforge.net
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