i am looking for history on LINUX and what they plan to do with it now?.?

Answer 1

See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux

What they plan to do with it now? Everything. And Anything. It runs on almost anything that can have an operating system.

It runs computers, it runs robots, it runs phones, it runs PDAs, it runs watches, it runs routers, it runs just about anything... http://www.linuxdevices.com/

Who, in your mind, is they? There are thousands of people... possibly millions of people using linux and developing programs and uses... it's impossible to say what they plan to with it next... it's fairly safe to assume they plan to do whatever it is you think they will do - and more.

Answer 2

I am using it right now. I almost always log on with Linux. No viruses; no trojans; no spyware.

The latest neat thing is called Live CD's. One can install a CD of a large number of distros, boot on that CD, and do almost everything with it that one can do with a regular system, but no need to install it on HD.

There is a minor problem with cdrecord on the 2.6 kernel making it tricky to burn a good iso to a CD.

So, I am using a mini-distro, puppy 1.06 (2.03 is latest) and downloading CD's for Linux via DSL; surfing the web; and answering questions here, all with a live cd.

Since it is only 71 MB, it runs completely in RAM, and thus I can use my CD writer to write the CD's. Not all live CD's are that small, which is why I am using this one.

It is harder with dial-up because my modem is weird, and I need to install a driver for that, which is not practical on a live CD.

Hey, I gotta' look and see if I can make a puppy with my modem driver! Never thought of that before.

Answer 3

You should do your homework yourself and not think others should do it for you.

Answer 4

try wikipedia.com and click on english (etc) and then search for it.