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The history and development of Linux (MINIX)
Last Updated on Monday, 12 October 2009 02:05 Written by arton Wednesday, 7 October 2009 01:57
MINIX, a Unix-like system intended for academic use was released by Andrew S. Tanenbaum in 1987. 1.0 MINIX source code contained in his book Operating Systems: Design and Implementation. Although it can be easily available, modification and redistribution is not allowed at that time. The copyright of the source code included in the copyright of his book published by Prentice Hall. In addition, the design 16-bit versions of MINIX and not well adapted to 32-bit versions of Intel’s 386 architecture is cheap and popular widely used in personal computers.
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The history and development of Linux
Last Updated on Monday, 12 October 2009 02:06 Written by arton Monday, 5 October 2009 02:57
Linux is the name given to the type of computer operating system Unix. Linux is one example of the development of free software and open source principal. Like the free software and other open source in general, Linux source code can be modified, used and redistributed freely by anyone.
The name “Linux” comes from the name of the kernel (Linux kernel), which was made in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. The system, equipment and system libraries generally come from the GNU operating system, which was announced in 1983 by Richard Stallman. The GNU contribution is the basis of the emergence of the alternative name GNU / Linux.
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