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Florian Walch, 5aI, 2008-01-16
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Agenda History Naming controversy Uses Linux distributions
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History
19831983GNU project
Richard Stallman
Goal: Create a free, UNIX-like
operating system Software development,
but no kernel available
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History
19911991Linux kernel
Linus Torvalds
Free Often used in
combination with GNU software
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History
19961996Tux
Created by Larry Ewing Mascot of the Linux
kernel
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Naming controversy
Often used as synonym for Linux distribution
Linux = Kernel GNU project:
Use GNU/Linux instead of Linux (e.g. Debian GNU/Linux)
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Uses
DESKTOP
2002: ~3% market share Reasons for low percentage
Monopoly of MS Windows Necessary trainings for employees Software not available Games not available
Usage has been increasing Improved usability
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Uses
SERVER
More widely used than on Desktop computers
Examples LAMP Samba & LDAP DNS Mail server Database server
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Uses
EMBEDDED
Widely used Examples
Mobile Phone PDA Router DVD recorder
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Uses
SUPERCOMP.
2007: 85% of top 500 supercomputers use Linux
Example MareNostrum
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Uses Other uses
Linux firewall Microcontroller Linux Linux-based computer cluster ...
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Linux distributions
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Linux distributions
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Linux distributions Many Linux distributions available
Differences in target group, application area, support of hardware architecture, up-to-datedness, ...
Desktop distributions Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, ...
Server distributions Debian, Ubuntu Server, ...
...
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Sources http://www.wikipedia.org http://ww.distrowatch.com http://www.kde.org http://www.acmesystems.it/