Linux Operating System for your laptop

August 23, 2008

Did you know that a happy-go-lucky whiz kid created the Linux operating system that is of much hype in the cyber market of the day? Yes, the Linux Operating System owes its existence to Linus Torwalds who was doing his studies at the University of Helsinki in Finland when he accomplished this feat. He was very much amused by a small UNIX system called Minix, prior to paying serious interest in software development. Starting his renditions in 1991, marked by a smart release of Version 0.02, which was followed by a three-year’s perseverance that culminated into the release of the Linux Kernel Version 1.0. The Kernel’s source code is available to anyone mainly for its development under the General Public Licence of GNU and being the soul of the Linux systems. Today a great number of companies and individuals have developed their own versions of the original concept based on the Linux Kernel. This process is far from being over even today as its development continuous in an increased pace with the latest entry being Version 2.6 that was released in 2003.

If you find Linux as the perfect alternative for Microsoft operating systems and proprietary Unix that must be for the former’s hardiness, flexibility and functionality. Its free availability is an added advantage. Today, Linux has been embraced by a number of cyber giants in the world like Hewlett-Packard and IBM. Today Linux OS is increasingly used in devices and appliances via its incorporation straight into microchips by means of a unique method called embedding. Moreover, it has been widely adopted as server platform all over the world. This is obviously a remarkable achievement considering this product was dismissed as a hobbyist’s adventure through out the nineties by technological geniuses.

A striking aspect of this operating system is its friendliness to beginners. A number of applications supported by Linux are found tractable for even beginners and all thanks to those desktop management systems designers like GNOME and KDE as well as Mozilla web browser project and OpenOffice.org office suit project. You can well rate the capabilities of Linux by downloading ‘Knoppix’, a live CD version of the same that comprehensively accommodates the information with which you can carry out all your routine computer tasks. This CD version requires no installing either for a smart run. Moreover, you can access the Linux user group of your vicinity to learn more about the concept. A cute penguin called Tux chosen by Mr Torwalds himself stands the official mascot of Linux.

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