GNU/LinuxGNU/Linux

Pros, Cons, and everything in between

Eoban Binder

Pros, Cons, and everything in between

Eoban Binder

GNUGNU

•GNU’s Not Unix

•GNU’s a free Unix clone

•All parts of GNU are free software

•GNU’s given us a lot of valuable software like gcc and Linux

•GNU’s Not Unix

•GNU’s a free Unix clone

•All parts of GNU are free software

•GNU’s given us a lot of valuable software like gcc and Linux

What is Linux?What is Linux?

•Linux is an operating system

•Unlike DOS, Linux can multitask (manage multiple processes or threads at once)

•Linux is multi-user

•Linux is portable; it runs on the Intel 386 and later, the Motorola 680x0, the IBM Power and PowerPC, Sun Microsystems’ SPARC, ARM, MIPS, DEC VAX and Alpha, and many more

•Linux is an operating system

•Unlike DOS, Linux can multitask (manage multiple processes or threads at once)

•Linux is multi-user

•Linux is portable; it runs on the Intel 386 and later, the Motorola 680x0, the IBM Power and PowerPC, Sun Microsystems’ SPARC, ARM, MIPS, DEC VAX and Alpha, and many more

LinuxLinux

•Linus Torvalds in 1991 on the IBM 386

•An alternative to MINUX, an alternative to Unix that had too many legal restrictions, and to 386BSD, which wasn’t complete

•Torvalds released the source code to Linux on the internet later that year

•Linus Torvalds in 1991 on the IBM 386

•An alternative to MINUX, an alternative to Unix that had too many legal restrictions, and to 386BSD, which wasn’t complete

•Torvalds released the source code to Linux on the internet later that year

Improvements on Linux, 1991-2004

Improvements on Linux, 1991-2004

•Kernel 0.01 released - 1991

•XFree86 ported to Linux - 1992

•TCP/IP stack ported to Linux - 1993

•Kernel 1.0 released - 1994

•Kernel 2.0 released - 1996

•Kernel 2.4 released - 2000

•Kernel 2.6 released - 2003

•Kernel 0.01 released - 1991

•XFree86 ported to Linux - 1992

•TCP/IP stack ported to Linux - 1993

•Kernel 1.0 released - 1994

•Kernel 2.0 released - 1996

•Kernel 2.4 released - 2000

•Kernel 2.6 released - 2003

What Linux can do todayWhat Linux can do today

•Support for USB, Firewire, 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth

•Run Windows programs with WINE

•Work with Email, WWW, images/photos, audio/music, video/film, OpenGL, burn CDs and DVDs, word-process, games, watch and record TV—anything Windows can do.

•Support for USB, Firewire, 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth

•Run Windows programs with WINE

•Work with Email, WWW, images/photos, audio/music, video/film, OpenGL, burn CDs and DVDs, word-process, games, watch and record TV—anything Windows can do.

DistributionsDistributions

•Debian (Ubuntu, Knoppix, etc.)

•Slackware (formerly SLS) (Vectorlinux)

•Fedora (formerly Red Hat) (SuSE, Mandrake)

•Gentoo

•Debian (Ubuntu, Knoppix, etc.)

•Slackware (formerly SLS) (Vectorlinux)

•Fedora (formerly Red Hat) (SuSE, Mandrake)

•Gentoo

ScreenshotsScreenshots

SoftwareSoftware

Microsoft Office OpenOfficeInternet Explorer Mozilla FirefoxAdobe Photoshop The GimpAOL Instant Messenger

Gaim

Outlook EvolutionWindows Media Player

VideoLAN, Mplayer

iTunes, WinAmp Rhythmbox, XMMSMirc X-ChatNero X-CD-Roast

WindowsWindows GNU/LinuxGNU/Linux

Why use Linux?Why use Linux?

•Virus-free

•Superior security implementation

•Runs a lot of software, and most is free

•Linux is proven

•Linux is easy

•Linux is free

•Virus-free

•Superior security implementation

•Runs a lot of software, and most is free

•Linux is proven

•Linux is easy

•Linux is free

http://www.linux.orghttp://kernel.org

http://linuxiso.org

http://debian.orghttp://slackware.com

http://fedora.redhat.comhttp://gentoo.org

http://sourceforge.nethttp://linux.tucows.com

http://freshmeat.net

http://www.linux.orghttp://kernel.org

http://linuxiso.org

http://debian.orghttp://slackware.com

http://fedora.redhat.comhttp://gentoo.org

http://sourceforge.nethttp://linux.tucows.com

http://freshmeat.net