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GNU/LinuxGNU/Linux
Pros, Cons, and everything in between
Eoban Binder
Pros, Cons, and everything in between
Eoban Binder
GNUGNU
•GNU’s Not Unix
•GNU’s a free Unix clone
•All parts of GNU are free software
•GNU’s given us a lot of valuable software like gcc and Linux
•GNU’s Not Unix
•GNU’s a free Unix clone
•All parts of GNU are free software
•GNU’s given us a lot of valuable software like gcc and Linux
What is Linux?What is Linux?
•Linux is an operating system
•Unlike DOS, Linux can multitask (manage multiple processes or threads at once)
•Linux is multi-user
•Linux is portable; it runs on the Intel 386 and later, the Motorola 680x0, the IBM Power and PowerPC, Sun Microsystems’ SPARC, ARM, MIPS, DEC VAX and Alpha, and many more
•Linux is an operating system
•Unlike DOS, Linux can multitask (manage multiple processes or threads at once)
•Linux is multi-user
•Linux is portable; it runs on the Intel 386 and later, the Motorola 680x0, the IBM Power and PowerPC, Sun Microsystems’ SPARC, ARM, MIPS, DEC VAX and Alpha, and many more
LinuxLinux
•Linus Torvalds in 1991 on the IBM 386
•An alternative to MINUX, an alternative to Unix that had too many legal restrictions, and to 386BSD, which wasn’t complete
•Torvalds released the source code to Linux on the internet later that year
•Linus Torvalds in 1991 on the IBM 386
•An alternative to MINUX, an alternative to Unix that had too many legal restrictions, and to 386BSD, which wasn’t complete
•Torvalds released the source code to Linux on the internet later that year
Improvements on Linux, 1991-2004
Improvements on Linux, 1991-2004
•Kernel 0.01 released - 1991
•XFree86 ported to Linux - 1992
•TCP/IP stack ported to Linux - 1993
•Kernel 1.0 released - 1994
•Kernel 2.0 released - 1996
•Kernel 2.4 released - 2000
•Kernel 2.6 released - 2003
•Kernel 0.01 released - 1991
•XFree86 ported to Linux - 1992
•TCP/IP stack ported to Linux - 1993
•Kernel 1.0 released - 1994
•Kernel 2.0 released - 1996
•Kernel 2.4 released - 2000
•Kernel 2.6 released - 2003
What Linux can do todayWhat Linux can do today
•Support for USB, Firewire, 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth
•Run Windows programs with WINE
•Work with Email, WWW, images/photos, audio/music, video/film, OpenGL, burn CDs and DVDs, word-process, games, watch and record TV—anything Windows can do.
•Support for USB, Firewire, 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth
•Run Windows programs with WINE
•Work with Email, WWW, images/photos, audio/music, video/film, OpenGL, burn CDs and DVDs, word-process, games, watch and record TV—anything Windows can do.
DistributionsDistributions
•Debian (Ubuntu, Knoppix, etc.)
•Slackware (formerly SLS) (Vectorlinux)
•Fedora (formerly Red Hat) (SuSE, Mandrake)
•Gentoo
•Debian (Ubuntu, Knoppix, etc.)
•Slackware (formerly SLS) (Vectorlinux)
•Fedora (formerly Red Hat) (SuSE, Mandrake)
•Gentoo
ScreenshotsScreenshots
SoftwareSoftware
Microsoft Office OpenOfficeInternet Explorer Mozilla FirefoxAdobe Photoshop The GimpAOL Instant Messenger
Gaim
Outlook EvolutionWindows Media Player
VideoLAN, Mplayer
iTunes, WinAmp Rhythmbox, XMMSMirc X-ChatNero X-CD-Roast
WindowsWindows GNU/LinuxGNU/Linux
Why use Linux?Why use Linux?
•Virus-free
•Superior security implementation
•Runs a lot of software, and most is free
•Linux is proven
•Linux is easy
•Linux is free
•Virus-free
•Superior security implementation
•Runs a lot of software, and most is free
•Linux is proven
•Linux is easy
•Linux is free
http://www.linux.orghttp://kernel.org
http://linuxiso.org
http://debian.orghttp://slackware.com
http://fedora.redhat.comhttp://gentoo.org
http://sourceforge.nethttp://linux.tucows.com
http://freshmeat.net
http://www.linux.orghttp://kernel.org
http://linuxiso.org
http://debian.orghttp://slackware.com
http://fedora.redhat.comhttp://gentoo.org
http://sourceforge.nethttp://linux.tucows.com
http://freshmeat.net
