Loving The Penguin LINUX.pptVIP

Loving The Penguin: LINUX Nancie Rideout Tiffany Smith Tara Stuckless Jo-Anne Tilley Overview Introduction/History - Nancie Distributions - Tiffany Hardware Compatibility – Tiffany Requirements – Tiffany Stability Kernel – Tara X Windows System - Tara Software Compatibility - Tara User Friendliness - Nancie Popularity - Nancie Cost – Jo-Anne Licensing Agreement – Jo-Anne Advantages/Disadvantages – Jo-Anne References Demo The Creator Linux kernel written by Linus Torvalds in 1991 student at University of Helsinki first version of Linux released to the Internet in September 1991 second version released to the Internet in October 1991 logo/mascot of Linux is Tux (the penguin) Linus’ Original Post: 25.8.91 Hello everybody out there using minix - Im doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, wont be big and professional) for 386(486) clones. This has been brewing since April, and is starting to get ready. Id like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things). Distributions prepackaged Linux systems ready to install make Linux more user friendly differences among distributions may include: Different versions of kernel Different core sets of applications, utilities, and management tools Different installation packages some include: Redhat, Slackware, Mandrake, SuSE General Hardware Compatibility Motherboards: recent motherboards should work CPU Intel 386, 486 Pentium I to IV, and Celeron AMD 386, 486, K5, K6, K6-2, K6-3, and Athlon Cyrix 386, 486, 5x86, 6x86, and MediaGX Hard Drives Supports IDE and a number of popular SCSI General Hardware Compatibility PnP (Plug and Play) computer detects and configures a new piece of hardware automatically Linux not originally a PnP system newer kernels allow for PnP compared to Windows compatible to less hardware because it has fewer users then Windows Requirements Difference in Requirements St