Getting
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Anmol Sarma
http://anmolsarma.in
May 2013 | CC-BY-SA 3.0
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So, what is Linux?
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Linux is an
operating system*.
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APPLICATION SOFTWARE
OPERATING SYSTEM
HARDWARE
Typically...
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So what is the big deal?
Why should I care?
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So what is the big deal?
Why should I care?
Ans: Coz Linux is everywhere!
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In your house...
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And outside...
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And even out of this world...
From robotic astronauts to
the International Space
Station to privately
developed space vehicles,
reliably powered by Linux.
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94% of the world's fastest super computers run Linux.
Crunching faster, better...
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1.5 million new Android devices
are activated everyday. More
devices ship with Android than
any other operating system.
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Now, how did that happen?
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Linux is Free and Open Source
Licensed under the
GNU General Public License.
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GNU GPL: Free as in Freedom!
0 Free to Run
–
1 - Free to Study
3 - Free to Copy
4 - Free to Modify
Always Free! Richard Stallman a.k.a RMS
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Hail UNIX,
the mother OS!
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GNU Project:
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GCC
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Binutils
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Coreutils
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Emacs
and more...