 LINUX SYSTEMSLinux is an operating system that was initially created as a hobby by a young student, Linus Torvalds, at the University of Helsinki in Finland.
He began his work in 1991 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 distributors that have released their own versions of operating systems based on the Linux kernel. 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 Windows operating systems.
IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Oracle and DELL 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 desktop operating system is also on the rise. Why Linux ? Because the significant reduction of the costs of maintenance and support militates in favour of the migration towards a Linux platform. The server and client solutions confer an access to new functionalities which improve the performance on the level of the access and safety of information. |
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