It project term 2

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IT Project Term 2

LINUX

• Linux is defined as an operating system. A software that allows you to enable applications

CREATION

• Torvalds's curiosity of hearing the limitation usage caused by MINIX licensing had him inclined to make and work on his own OS. Afterwards, it became the Linux Kernel.

NAMING

• The inventor thought of naming his invention Freax. After year’s of it’s usage, a volunteer who was recognized as an administrator of the FTP server said to Travold that freax was not a good name. After receiving this reply travold decided to name his project ‘Linux’.

COMMERCIAL AND POPULAR UPTAKE

• During the mid 90’s, NASA acquired commodity computer’s that run or use Linux and it’s reason of cheap cost.

• Commercial rate had been increased in for Dell and IBM following Hwelett-Packard’s offering Linux support. Describing this statement as a concern to Microsoft and a market issue.

CURRENT DEVELOPMENT

• Current development is supported by Linux Vendors, its an additional package management.

DESIGN

• Linux based system has it’s UNIX-Like OS design concept. A basic design of the 70’s and 80’s that handle’s process control, networking, peripheral and file system access.

• GNU User land stand’s as the important part for it’s implantation of the C library

• GUI (Graphical User Interface) A top built of X Window’s System Implementation

USER INTERFACE

The name for the user interface is shell Called as two {CLI or GUI} [CLI : Command Line Interface /GUI : Graphical

User Interface] In desktop system, the default-mode is the GUI. As for the other, the CLI is available in the terminal emulator or in a

virtual console

DEVELOPMENT

• The main difference between modern operating system is that linux kernel is free and open source software.

COMMUNITY

• The community is certain group in a geographical zone using the same(Linux group promoting

PROGRAMMING ON LINUX

• Many of Linux distribution’s provide support of dozen’s of programming language’s

• Programing language’s is aimed at scripting, test processing, system configuration and management {Aimed as by saying as by doing this …}

• Much of many program’s have embedded programming language's to support configuration and management {Ex:- Regular Expression’s / Grep or locate}

USES

• Computer Architecture Support, Embedded System’s, Stability, Security, Localization of language term’s, Targeting a specific group, support for real-life time applications

DESKTOP

• At current time’s, many of those distribution’s have an inclusion of a graphical user environment.

• Among are two popular environment’s, GNOME and KDE Plasma Desktop

PERFORMANCE AND APPLICATIONS

• In the year 2007, news's were spread from linux community and it was said, that of their favoring of performance on server’s had quite damaged the focus on desktop.

• A wide variety of application’s are available …

COMPONENTS AND INSTALLATION

• Programs that support desktop computers and these are, D-Bus or PulseAudio.

SERVERS, MAINFRAMES AND SUPERCOMPUTERS

• Linux distribution’s were used as server operating system’s and also for supercomputer’s

• Linux’s Distribution popularity on main frame’s did get increased

SPECIALIZED USES

• Uses were given to show two methods

• Building from scratch and had for general purpose

GAMING

• During it’s first year’s, linux did not get this wide attention of promoting companies' making game’s for linux only. As only a few popular game’s did function in linux

• Now of those present year’s, various game are now compatible to function to linux term’s

HOME THEATER PC

• Now a home theater PC is presented to have PC component's of connecting a TV. Purposed to keep you entertained.

DIGITAL SECURITY

• Digital Security as it is known for protecting certain threat’s that causes damage.

• Kali Linux is a good example of it.