Do you know what Linux is?

Question

Let me see how many of you knows what I'm talking about :P

Answer 1

Taken from http://www.linux.org/info/index.html



What is Linux



Linux is an operating system that was initially created as a hobby by a young student, Linus Torvalds, at the University of Helsinki in Finland. Linus had an interest in Minix, a small UNIX system, and decided to develop a system that exceeded the Minix standards. 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 kernel, at the heart of all Linux systems, is developed and released under the GNU General Public License and its source code is freely available to everyone. It is this kernel that forms the base around which a Linux operating system

is developed. There are now literally hundreds of companies and organizations and an equal number of individuals that have released their own versions of operating systems based on the Linux kernel. More information on the kernel can be found at our sister site, LinuxHQ and at the official Linux Kernel Archives. The current full-featured version is 2.6 (released December 2003) and development continues.



Apart from the fact that it's freely distributed, Linux's functionality, adaptability and robustness, has made it the main alternative for proprietary Unix and Microsoft operating systems. IBM, Hewlett-Packard and other giants of the computing world have embraced Linux and support its ongoing development. Well into its second decade of existence, Linux has been adopted worldwide primarily as a server platform

. Its use as a home and office desktop operating system is also on the rise. The operating system can also be incorporated directly into microchips in a process called "embedding" and is increasingly being used this way in appliances and devices.



Throughout most of the 1990's, tech pundits, largely unaware of Linux's potential, dismissed it as a computer hobbyist project, unsuitable for the general public's computing needs. Through the efforts of developers of desktop management systems such as KDE and GNOME, office suite project OpenOffice.org and the Mozilla web browser project, to name only a few, there are now a wide range of applications that run on Linux and it can be used by anyone regardless of his/her knowledge of computers. Those curious to see the capabilities of Linux can download a live CD version called Knoppix . It comes with everything you might need to carry out day-to-day tasks on the computer and it needs no installation. It will run from a CD in a computer capable of booting from the CD drive. Those choosing to continue using Linux can find a variety of versions or "distributions" of Linux that are easy to install, configure and use. Information on these products is available in our distribution section and can be found by selecting the mainstream/general public category.

Additional Information



If you're interested in learning about Linux, need help with some aspect of its use or are enthusiastic about it and want to help foster its adoption, you may want to get in touch with a Linux User Group in your area. There are groups in practically every country, region and city in the world, so there is likely to be one near you.



Each day, Linux use is increasing in every sector of our society. We have information about Linux deployments in government, industry and the arts.



Linux has an official mascot, Tux, the Linux penguin, which was selected by Linus Torvalds to represent the image he associates with the operating system. Tux was created by Larry Ewing and Larry has generously given it to the community to be freely used to promote Linux. More information on use of the image can be found on his webpage. More links to variations on the image and alternative logos can be found on our logo page



Many people are not sure of the pronunciation of the word Linux. Although many variations of the word exist, often due to native language factors, it is normally pronounced with a short " i " and with the first syllable stressed, as in LIH-nucks. You can hear how Linux creator Linus Torvalds pronounces the word in Swedish and in English .



More information on Linus Torvalds, can be found on our short biography page.



If you're interested in the history of Linux, we have a timeline page that features important milestones in the development of the operating system.





LUg.

Answer 2

Yes. It was/is an operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds. There are many different distributions of it, including some free and some not free. For example, here are some free distributions:

Ubuntu

Gentoo

Fedora

SUSE and openSUSE

Debian



And here are some not free ones:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Mandriva Linux (Some editions free)



Linux itself is UNIX like, meaning kind of like the original UNIX but not quite. Many distributions of Linux are community driven. Many don't have any commercial support at all; such as PHLAK which is hosted on SourceForge. Companies like Canonical and Novelll back Linux Distributions, such as Ubuntu and SUSE, respectively.



Since Linux holds a very small share of the Operating System popularity, only 1.12% (reference 1), compared to Windows, which holds about 86.55% with only XP, Vista, and 7, you can easily infer that Linux is very secure. How? Because if it is not very popular, (it is growing steadily), would it make sense to target it? No! Therefore, it is not widely targeted by hackers and "virusers" (I don't know :) ) and almost never even needs an antivirus. I recommend you do, though.



All distributions that claim to be Linux have a different kernel from Windows or Mac. They use the Linux kernel.



Nearly all of the top 10 supercomputers use some form of Linux, and that is mostly SUSE.



Linux is one of the most unknown about operating systems. There are also many preconceived judgements about Linux. Many think it is only a command line interface. No! Just look at Ubuntu! There are 3 major editions of it, each using a different graphic user interface! There are many different GUIs, too. The most popular, and the ones that come on many distros, are:

GNOME

KDE (K Desktop Environment)

And less popular, such as:

XFCE

Fluxbox

LXDE

Enlightenment

And many, many others.



Overall, Linux is turning out to be arguably one of the best operating systems out there. My prediction for the future? Microsoft and Apple will battle it out, and then they will both explode in a giant nuclear explosion, destroying half of the Earth. One of the remainders? Linux. Linux will rule the world, finally rid of the Microsoft supremacy and Apple secret hierarchy.



No offense, Windows and Mac users. I myself right now am using Windows 7, and have used 98, , XP, Vista, and 7. And the one thing I wish I could have? A Mac, because I just love the way OS X looks and acts, partly because it is also UNIX like.



I do, however, use the following or have used the following distributions:

Fedora

Ubuntu

Kubuntu

Mythbuntu

PHLAK

Puppy Linux

Among others I can't remember.



I think many more people should know about Linux. Hey, look at all I know, and I'm 15!



There is so much more I could explain, but I am too lazy so I am going to sign off here.

Answer 3

Linux is a Kernel developed by Linus Torvalds who based it off of the UNIX operating system. He originally called it MINIX. Linux is the kernel but the operating system is actually GNU/Linux. What is commonly know as the linux OS is actually called GNU/Linux GNU is GNU is NOT UNIX and has been around a lot longer that the linux kernel. GNU was started by Richard Stallman in 1983. He and some programmers were thinking to write software for some berkely programmers who were developing the BSD OS , but ended up contributing to linux instead now GNU/Linux is probably the most powerful and widely used OS on the planet. It runs nearly all the servers in the world and you'd be amazed at just how many embedded devices are running some sort of linux.

Also everyone who posted...shame on you all for just copying and pasting. Not one of you even mentioned GNU which is actually a bigger part of Linux than Linux.

Answer 4

I might say Ubuntu, It may be very realistic to make use of for a beginner, but it surely nonetheless has the potential to do very complex matters Also GNOME is a laptop atmosphere, like KDE. Ubuntu comes with GNOME. If you desire a extra Windows-like atmosphere you need to use Kubuntu that is Ubuntu with the KDE atmosphere alternatively than GNOME. A well factor with Ubuntu is that you'll be able to difference among the models very quite simply, simply utilising synaptic kit supervisor (a application you are going to use plenty when you get Ubuntu or Debian) you'll be able to difference laptop environments and upload the facets of each and every variant with only a few clicks. Also Ubuntu is established off debian, so they're equivalent however ubuntu is designed to be extra consumer-pleasant.

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Answer 6

Technically Linux is the name of the kernel used by the operating system but the entire operating system is also commonly called Linux as are entire Linux distros.



I find that for a lot of people Ubuntu with its default GNOME UI = Linux

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Answer 8

It's an open source OS developed by Linus Torvalds, and is similar to System V Unix. The first version I ever ran was Slackware. I forget the release, but it would have been circa 1994. I migrated to Red Hat, but quit when they went public. Tried Debian and SUSE, and am now running Ubuntu.

Answer 9

I think only people who know it will respond. I don't think there are people who will say no.



I know linux for being very strong and safe and cheap. Therefor it's used a lot in servers and big computers. Also you can very easily make it to your preferences, but it is not very user kind. (altough big nerds say they are)

Answer 10

The free open-source OS developed by Linus Torvalds. (I have an ubuntu machine in my house)

Answer 11

Are you trying to prove a point ? or just pretending to be clever ?