Linux

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Linux is probably the best known of free and open source software collaborations. Effectively a “free” operating systems with features which rival and often exceed its main competition “Microsoft Windows.”

The source code for Linux can be used, freely modified, and redistributed, both commercially and non-commercially, by anyone under licenses such as the GNU General Public License.

Linux provides a series of desktop operating systems the best known of which are probably Ubuntu and Fedora. These operating systems, (OSes) can be had at either free or very low cost depending on how much of the work you are prepared to do yourself.

Because Linux is freely redistributable, it is possible for anyone to create a distribution for any use and specialist versions of the software exist all over the world.

Commonly used applications with desktop Linux systems include: External link to Ubuntu.com

  • Accessories - Various useful utilities.

  • Games - Information on games written for Ubuntu Linux, as well as how to run Windows games in Ubuntu.

  • Graphics - Software for creating and manipulating images.

  • Photo - Software for viewing and editing photos.

  • Internet - Network applications like web browsers, email clients, and instant messengers.

  • Other - Software for business, science, medicine, engineering, and other professional disciplines.

  • Office - Software such as word processors, spreadsheet, presentation, and database applications.

  • Productivity - Software such as organizers, schedulers, planners and management applications.

  • Servers and Web Applications - Software for creating websites, teleconferencing servers, learning management systems, and other web applications

  • Sound and Video - Software for playing, ripping, and burning music and videos.

  • Multimedia - Software for playing and editing sound and video.

  • System Tools - Software for configuring and managing Ubuntu.

 

Origin

The name “Linux” comes from the Linux kernel, originally written in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. The main supporting user space system tools and libraries from the GNU Project (announced in 1983 by Richard Stallman) are the basis for the Free Software Foundation’s preferred name GNU/Linux.

For more information on Linux and how to order CDs and DVD’s from Wanderjahre Computing, just see any of the Linux articles on the website

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