Linux Comparisons (Including MacOS X)
Daryl Findlay - Linux Comparisons
Linux Distribution Comparisons
By Daryl K. Findlay
BUA581 - Managing Information Systems
Linux:
- Operating system
- Open Source
- Fast moving and ongoing development process
- Many flavors
- Low conventional home adoption
- Significant impact
Brief History of GNU\Linux:
1969 - UNIX operating system
- Created by AT&T Bell Laboratories
- Multi-tasking/user time-sharing environment
- Complied in C programing language in 1973
1983 - GNU project:
- Unix-compatible open source "free" software system
- Started by Richard Stallman
- 1985 - Free Software Foundation
- 1989 - GNU General Public License (GNU GPL)
- Created many programs and components
- Vision was still incomplete: no kernel
- BSD project in works, but delayed
1991 – Linux created:
- Based on principles of MINIX, a (Unix-like) "free" OS
- licensing limited to education use only
- Linux kernel released under GNU GPL v.2
- GNU\Linux
- Has evolved, fathered, and inspired many operating systems
- Thousands of programmers worldwide
- Many unique distributions released upon the Linux kernel
- Inspired several “UNIX-Like” operating systems
UNIX-like Kernel Lineage:
- Darwin (Macintosh OS X)
Linux Distributions:
Operating systems built on Linux kernel:
- Device driver libraries and utilities
- Software applications
- Graphics support (GUI)
Over three hundred active distributions:
- Ubuntu (from Canonical Ltd.)
- Fedora (from Red Hat)
- openSUSE (from Novell)
- Mandriva Linux (from Mandriva)
Populur Distribution Comparison:
Conclusion:
- Thank You
Research referance:
Tux the Linux Penguin
- Linux Foundation
- Linux-Online Organization
- What is Linux
- GNU General Public License
- Linux Wikipedia
- List of Linux distributions
- Comparison of Linux distributions
- Ubuntu Linux
- Google's Chrome OS (Web App/ Cloud based OS) based on Ubuntu Linux
- KDE (cross-platform applications)
- GNOME (GNU Network Object Modle Enviroment)
Hexley the Platypus
- Betting on Darwin
- What is Mac OS X?
- Darwin (operating system)
- Mach linux (kernel)
- MkLinux
- Mac OS X Darwin and Ubuntu Linux Comparison
Distributaions:
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