2006-07-03 23:59:56 · 10 answers · asked by ram 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
LINUX is an operating system.
2006-07-04 00:02:52 · answer #1 · answered by Amit(IT) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Linux is a free open-source operating system based on Unix. Linux was originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers from around the globe.
Linux is an operating system that was initially created as a hobby by a young student, Linus Torvalds, at the University of Helsinki in Finland. Linus had an interest in 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 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 companies and organizations and an equal number of individuals that have released their own versions of operating systems based on the Linux kernel. More information on the kernel can be found at our sister site, LinuxHQ and at the official Linux Kernel Archives. The current full-featured version is 2.6 (released December 2003) and development continues.
If you're interested in learning about Linux, need help with some aspect of its use or are enthusiastic about it and want to help foster its adoption, you may want to get in touch with a Linux User Group in your area. There are groups in practically every country, region and city in the world, so there is likely to be one near you.
2006-07-04 07:05:17 · answer #2 · answered by Joe_Young 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Linux is a free open-source operating system based on Unix. Linux was originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers from around the globe.
2006-07-04 07:04:13 · answer #3 · answered by Rowdy answers 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well Friend,
To be clear n precise(shock u), Linux is not an operating system. But its the name of the kernel(the core part of an OS).
Linus Torvalds was the person who wrote this kernel. And so is the name of the entire OS. Actually the OS which have Linux as their Kernels are Fedora(formerly Red Hat), Suse, Knoppix etc.
But unlike Windows, all the Linux OS belong to Open Source community.
Dromyl
2006-07-04 07:09:10 · answer #4 · answered by dromyl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Linux is a alternate operating system to windows. I'm most cases it is free and is famous for being much more stable than windows.
2006-07-04 07:06:40 · answer #5 · answered by Odie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a operating system called LINUX ,shortly we will tell OS.there are other OS like UNIX,windows
2006-07-04 07:04:10 · answer #6 · answered by vedha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
linux is a operating system.
2006-07-04 07:14:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An open code operating system. In other words, it is an operating system like Windows, Novell, etc, that can have modules written by anyone.
2006-07-04 07:03:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a computer operating system
2006-07-04 07:03:10 · answer #9 · answered by Ivanhoe Fats 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
another operating system ...Like windows but not.....
2006-07-04 07:02:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋