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authorFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2006-04-29 19:46:52 +0000
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-
- <sect1 id="what-is-linux">
- <title>What is GNU/Linux?</title>
-<para>
-
-Linux is an operating system: a series of programs that let you
-interact with your computer and run other programs.
-
-</para><para>
-
-An operating system consists of various fundamental programs which are
-needed by your computer so that it can communicate and receive
-instructions from users; read and write data to hard disks, tapes, and
-printers; control the use of memory; and run other software. The most
-important part of an operating system is the kernel. In a GNU/Linux
-system, Linux is the kernel component. The rest of the system
-consists of other programs, many of which were written by or for the
-GNU Project. Because the Linux kernel alone does not form a working
-operating system, we prefer to use the term <quote>GNU/Linux</quote>
-to refer to systems that many people casually refer to as
-<quote>Linux</quote>.
-
-</para><para>
-
-Linux is modelled on the Unix operating system. From the start, Linux
-was designed to be a multi-tasking, multi-user system. These facts are
-enough to make Linux different from other well-known operating
-systems. However, Linux is even more different than you might
-imagine. In contrast to other operating systems, nobody owns
-Linux. Much of its development is done by unpaid volunteers.
-
-</para><para>
-
-Development of what later became GNU/Linux began in 1984, when the
-<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/">Free Software Foundation</ulink>
-began development of a free Unix-like operating system called GNU.
-
-</para><para>
-
-The GNU Project has developed a comprehensive set of free software
-tools for use with Unix&trade; and Unix-like operating systems such as
-Linux. These tools enable users to perform tasks ranging from the
-mundane (such as copying or removing files from the system) to the
-arcane (such as writing and compiling programs or doing sophisticated
-editing in a variety of document formats).
-
-</para><para>
-
-While many groups and individuals have contributed to Linux, the
-largest single contributor is still the Free Software Foundation,
-which created not only most of the tools used in Linux, but also the
-philosophy and the community that made Linux possible.
-
-</para><para>
-
-The <ulink url="&url-kernel-org;">Linux kernel</ulink> first
-appeared in 1991, when a Finnish computing science student named Linus
-Torvalds announced an early version of a replacement kernel for Minix
-to the Usenet newsgroup <userinput>comp.os.minix</userinput>. See
-Linux International's
-<ulink url="&url-linux-history;">Linux History Page</ulink>.
-
-</para><para>
-
-Linus Torvalds continues to coordinate the work of several hundred
-developers with the help of a few trusty deputies. An excellent
-weekly summary of discussions on the
-<userinput>linux-kernel</userinput> mailing list is
-<ulink url="&url-kernel-traffic;">Kernel Traffic</ulink>.
-More information about the <userinput>linux-kernel</userinput> mailing
-list can be found on the
-<ulink url="&url-linux-kernel-list-faq;">linux-kernel mailing list FAQ</ulink>.
-
-</para><para>
-
-Linux users have immense freedom of choice in their software. For
-example, Linux users can choose from a dozen different command line
-shells and several graphical desktops. This selection is often
-bewildering to users of other operating systems, who are not used to
-thinking of the command line or desktop as something that they can
-change.
-
-</para><para>
-
-Linux is also less likely to crash, better able to run more than one
-program at the same time, and more secure than many operating
-systems. With these advantages, Linux is the fastest growing operating
-system in the server market. More recently, Linux has begun to be
-popular among home and business users as well.
-
-</para>
-
- </sect1>
-