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Posts Tagged ‘Linux’

Common core services and the current operating system

operating system,linux,unix,windowsAlong with the development of operating system, more and more services become common core services. Now, an OS may need to provide network services and Internet connectivity, which used to not be a common core services. Operating systems also need to keep the damage to computer systems from interference destructive programs from other computers, such as viruses. List of common core services will continue to grow.

Programs communicate with each other with Application Programming Interface, Application Programming Interface, or shortened by the API. With this API application program can communicate with the Operating System. As humans communicate with computers through a user interface, the program also communicate with other programs through the API. Read more: Common core services and the current operating system

The history and development of Linux (MINIX)

linux  minixMINIX, 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

The history and development of LinuxLinux 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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