Linux Operating System
&
Its Different Versions
Presented by:Abhinav &
Shraddha
ST
CONTENTS
WHAT IS AN OPERATING SYSTEM
TYPES OF OPERATING SYSTEM
UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM
COMPONENTS OF UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM
IMPACTS OF UNIX O.S
LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM
LINUX O.S DIFFERENT VERSIONS
ABOUT OPERATING SYSTEM
a) An Operating system (commonly
abbreviated as either OS or O/S) is an
interface between hardware and user
b) An OS is responsible for the management
and coordination of activities and the
sharing of the resources of the computer
c) The Operating system acts as a host for
computing applications run on the
machine.
d)As a host, one of the purposes of an
Operating system is to handle the details of
the operation of the hardware. This relieves
application programs from having to
manage these details and makes it easier to
write applications.
TYPES OF OPERATING SYSTEM,
Real Time Operating System
Ex: Symbian O.S. ,RTOS,QNX
Single-User ,Single-Task
Ex: Palm O.S.
Single –User ,Multi-tasking
Ex: Windows 95-98, Macintosh
Multi-User
Ex: Linux ,Windows Nt
Unix Operating System
Unix is a computer operating system originally
developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at
Bell Labs
Today's Unix systems are split into various branches,
developed over time by AT&T as well as various
commercial vendors and non-profit organizations.
Unix operating systems are widely used in both servers
and workstations
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Unix was designed to be portable, multi-tasking and
multi-user in a time-sharing configuration.
Unix systems are characterized by various concepts:
The use of plain text for storing data.
A Hierarchical file system.
Treating devices and certain types of inter-process
communication (IPC) as files.
The use of a large number of software tools.
Components of Unix
The Unix system is composed of several components
that are normally packaged together
By including in addition to the kernel of an operating
system the development environment, libraries,
documents, and the portable, modifiable source-code
for all of these components, Unix was a self-contained
software system
This was one of the key reasons it emerged as an
important teaching and learning tool and has had
such a broad influence.
Impact of Unix
The Unix system had significant impact on other
operating systems. It won its success by:
Direct interaction.
AT&T being willing to give the software away for free.
Running on cheap hardware.
Being easy to adopt and move to different machines.
Being the chosen operating system for the internet
The really nice part is the flexibility and adaptability
LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM
The name "Linux" comes from the Linux kernel, originally
written in 1991 by Linus Torvalds
Linux is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer
operating systems based on the Linux kernel.
Their development is one of the most prominent examples
of free and open source software collaboration; typically all
the underlying source code can be used, freely modified,
and redistributed by anyone
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Linux is predominantly known for its use in servers,
although it is installed on a wide variety of computer
hardware, ranging from embedded devices and mobile
phones to supercomputers.
Commonly-used applications with desktop Linux
systems include the Mozilla Firefox web-browser and
the OpenOffice.org office application suite
Environment Of Linux
GNOME KDE
LINUX DIFFERENT VERSIONS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Oracle Enterprise Linux
Gos
Debian
Slackware
OpenSUSE
CentOS
RED-HAT LINUX
•Red Hat Enterprise
Linux is a Linux
distribution produced
by Red Hat and
targeted toward the
commercial market.
• Red Hat commits to
supporting each
version of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux for 7
years after its release.
GOS
•GOS or "good OS" is an
Ubuntu-based Linux
distribution created by
'Good OS LLC', a Los
Angeles-based
corporation.
DEBIAN
Debian is a computer
operating system composed
of software packages released
as free and open source
software especially under the
GNU General Public License
and other open source
licenses.
The primary form, Debian
GNU/Linux, which uses the
Linux kernel and GNUOS
tools
Slackware
Slackware is a free and
open source operating
system. It is one of the
earliest Linux distributions
and is the oldest currently
being maintained
Slackware aims for design
stability and simplicity,
and to be the most "Unix-
like" Linux distribution
Opensuse
OpenSUSE, is a general
purpose operating system
built on top of the Linux
kernel, developed by the
community-supported
openSUSE Project and
sponsored by Novell
Novell decided to release
the SUSE Linux
Professional product as a
100% open source project,
involving the community in
the development process
CentOs
CentOS is a community-
supported, free and open
source operating system
based on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux.
It exists to provide a free
enterprise class
computing platform and
strives to maintain 100%
binary compatibility with
its upstream distribution
ORACLE ENTERPRISE LINUX
On 25/10/2006 Oracle Corporation announced they
would be distributing Oracle Enterprise Linux, an
operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Oracle supports Oracle Enterprise Linux itself through
its Oracle Unbreakable Linux program. This support
program is designed to compete with Red Hat's
directly.
