What
is Linux?
Linux is a UNIX
clone
written from
scratch by Linus
Benedict Torvalds in 1991
with
assistance from a loosely-knit team
of hackers across the Net.
It
has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged
UNIX, including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries,
demand loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory
management and TCP/IP networking. Linux is distributed under GNU.
What
is GNU?
GNU
stands for
“Gnu is
Not Unix“, a
free
software movement started by Richard Stallman to provide free quality
and software.
With
his famous 1983 manifesto that declared the beginnings of the GNU
project, he started a movement to create and distribute software that
conveyed his philosophy.
What
Is Linux_iips?
Linux_iips
was born
in the winter of 2003. Initially this Linux user group aimed at
co-ordinating the various Linux activities at the International
Institute of professional studies,Devi
Ahilya
University,Indore,
Madhya Pradesh, India but as the popularity of the group has grown up,
it now co-ordinates the various Linux activities of the University, (Devi
Ahilya Univeristy), Indore.
Linux
at Devi
Ahilya University has many takers, with a lot of enthusiastic students
ready to take on LINUX ,and explore new heights. The popularity of
LINUX has been growing leaps and bounds, it being widely now been
accepted for development purposes. |
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