●●● ●●●● ●●●●● ●●●● ●●●●● What is linux ●●●● When Linus Torvalds was still a student in Helsinki University, he developed his hobby to 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 current full-featured version is 2.6 (released 18 December 2003 ) and development continues Since Linus only developed the linux kernel, to make Linux a popular operating system nowadays, the contribution of GNU software paid an important role. The GNU project was started in 1984 by Richard Stallman who would like to develop free software. The decision of Linux development under gnu public license accelerated the growth of GNU project after Linux was released in 1991. Some GNU software even develop on Linux platform first before it will be ported to other platform At the same year, the Internet grew and became a solid ground for collaborating work by volunteers all over the world Many distribution of Linux was released on different hardware such as PCS PowerPC, Macintosh and even brand name UNIX. Though Linux kernel is free and open source, these distribution may not be free since the software packaged may include some commercial softwareWhat is Linux ⚫ When Linus Torvalds was still a student in Helsinki University, he developed his hobby to 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 current full-featured version is 2.6 (released 18 December 2003) and development continues. ⚫ Since Linus only developed the Linux kernel, to make Linux a popular operating system nowadays, the contribution of GNU software paid an important role. The GNU project was started in 1984 by Richard Stallman who would like to develop free software. The decision of Linux development under GNU public license accelerated the growth of GNU project after Linux was released in 1991. Some GNU software even develop on Linux platform first before it will be ported to other platform. ⚫ At the same year, the Internet grew and became a solid ground for collaborating work by volunteers all over the world. ⚫ Many distribution of Linux was released on different hardware such as PCs, PowerPC, Macintosh and even brand name UNIX. Though Linux kernel is free and open source, these distribution may not be free since the software packaged may include some commercial software