Friday, July 18, 2008

Network Operating System 1 : Introduction to Linux

Network Operating System 1 : Introduction to Linux

Introduction to Linux

Linux is a fast, stable, and open source operating system for PC computers and workstations that features professional- level Internet services, extensive development tools, fully functional graphical user interfaces (GUIs).

Linux History
Linux is developed by Linus Torvalds in 1990 along with others programmers around the world.Others operating systems is constantly being upgraded to keep up with the ever-changing capabilities of PC hardware,different with Linux, linux is a PC version of the Unix operating system that has been used for decades on mainframe and minicomputers.Linux brings the :
FESS(stand for)
1.FLEXIBILITY
2.EFFICIENCY
3.SCALABILITY
4. SPEED

Linux has become the premier platform for open source software,much of it developed by the Free Software Foundation’s GNU project.


Conclusion
- Linux has everything you need to set up ,support and maintain a fully functional network
- Linux is Free Open Source Operating System under GNU’s Free Public License.
- Linux is more flexibility, efficiency, stability , speed.

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Reference The Complete Reference, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora Core 4 by Richard L.Peterson,Part I Introduction to Linux
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