Linux History in Short
# Linux comes from UNIX Operating System.
# Unix implemented on 1960's.
# Unix released on 1970's by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie
# In 1984 Richard stallman started writing a GNU project.GNU project is developed to complete Unix
like OS,which is a free software.
# Free Software is a matter of the user's freedom to run,copy,distribute,studying, change and improve
the software.More precisely,it refers to four kinds of freedom
- Freedom 0 Freedom to run the program,for any purpose.
- Freedom 1 Freedom to study how the program works and adapt it to your needs.
- Freedom 2 Freedom to re-distribute copies,so you can help your neighbour.
- Freedom 3 Freedom to improve the program and release your improvements to the public,so that the whole community benefits.
# Linus Torvalds who developed Linux Kernal.
# Thus GNU is used with the kernal Linux.The contribution of GNU and Linux is the GNU/Linux
operating system sometimes this combination is incorrectly called as Linux.
operating system sometimes this combination is incorrectly called as Linux.
# Linux kernal + GNU of Unix = Linux OS or in other words Unix like OS based on Linux Kernal.
Linux History in Short
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