Introduction and history of linux

Introduction and history of linux

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  HISTORY OF LINUX Prof.Neeraj Bhargava Mrs. Shubha Chaturvedi Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering & System Science MDS University Ajmer, Rajasthan
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  Linux Introduction • Anoperating system can be described as an interface among the computer hardware and the user of any computer. It is a group of software that handles the resources of the computer hardware and facilitates basic services for computer programs. • An operating system is an essential component of system software within a computer system. The primary aim of an operating system is to provide a platform where a user can run any program conveniently or efficiently. • On the other hand, Linux OS is one of the famous versions of the UNIX OS. It is developed to provide a low-cost or free OS for several personal computer system users. Remarkably, it is a complete OS Including an X Window System, Emacs editor, IP/TCP, GUI (graphical user interface), etc.
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  LINUX OPERATING SYSTEMHISTORY • In 1991, the Linux history started with the starting of a particular project by the Finland student Linus Torvalds for creating a new free OS kernel. The final Linux Kernel was remarked by continuous development throughout the history since then. • Linux was proposed by the Finland student Linus Torvalds in 1991. • HP-UX (Hewlett Packard) 8.0 version was published. • Hewlett Packard 9.0 version was published in 1992. • FreeBSD 1.0 version and NetBSD8 version was released in 1993. • Red Hat Linux was proposed in 1994. Caldera was detected by Ransom love and Bryan Sparks and NetBSD 1.0 version published. • HP-UX 10.0 version and FreeBSD 2.0 version was released in 1995. • K Desktop Environment was established by Matthias Ettrich in 1996. • HP-UX 11.0 version was released in 1997. • The IRIX 6.5 version, i.e., the fifth SGI UNIX generation, Free BSD 3.0 version, and Sun Solaris 7 OS was released in 1998.
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  • The CalderaSystem agreement with professional services division and SCO server software division was released in 2000. • Linus Torvalds published the Linux version 2.4 source code in 2001. • Microsoft filed the Trademark collection against Lindows.com in 2001. • Lindows name was modified to Linspire in 2004. • The first publication of Ubuntu was published in 2004. • The openSUSE project started a free distribution from the community of Novell In 2005. • Oracle published its Red Hat distribution in 2006. • Dell begun laptop distribution with Ubuntu which was pre-installed on it in 2007. • Linux kernel version 3.0 was released in 2011. • Linux-based android of Google insisted 75% of the market share of the Smartphone, based on the numberof phones exported in 2013. • Ubuntu insisted on 20000000+ users in 2014.
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  Why use Linux? •Linux may be a perfect operating system if you want to get rid of viruses, malware, slowdowns, crashes, costly repairs, and many more.
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  • Nowadays, Linuxis the fastest-growing OS. It is used from phones to supercomputers by almost all major hardware devices. • Initially, Linux was created for personal computers and gradually it was used in other machines like servers, mainframe computers, supercomputers, etc. • Nowadays, Linux is also used in embedded systems like routers, automation controls, televisions, digital video recorders, video game consoles, smart watches, etc. • The biggest success of Linux is Android(operating system) it is based on the Linux kernel that is running on smart phones and tablets. • Due to android Linux has the largest installed base of all general-purpose operating systems. Linux is generally packaged in a Linux distribution.
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  LINUX DISTRIBUTION • Linuxdistribution is an operating system that is made up of a collection of software based on Linux kernel or you can say distribution contains the Linux kernel and supporting libraries and software. • And you can get Linux based operating system by downloading one of the Linux distributions and these distributions are available for different types of devices like embedded devices, personal computers, etc. Around 600 + Linux Distributions are available and some of the popular Linux distributions are: • MXLinux, Manjaro, LinuxMint, Elementary, Ubuntu, Debian, Solus, Fedora, openSUSE, Deepin.
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  Assignment 1. Define operatingsystem? Also discuss its features in detail? 2. What is OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE? 3. Brief introduction of Unix? 4. What are the disadvantages of Unix over Linux? 5. Timeline of Linux? 6. What is Linux System used for? 7. What is the application of Linux? 8. What are the various versions of Linux? List them