Joshua DonaisMark Vancosky

Zach TruittPaul Gaffney

http://www.technama.com/2009/10-awesome-windows-7-linux-wallpapers/

History

Created in 1991 by a student named Linus Towalds

He created the Linux kernal

Initially was a terminal emulator

Created to be a light and fast OS

Originally planned to name it Freax

Since it was a hobby, he charged nothing to download the OS

Began community based

Many developers can manipulate software to there needs

Developed mascot for system named Tux

Since 1991 Linux OS has grow and developed rapidly

Most flexible OS to date

Linux powers 60% of the worlds top 500 supercomputers. (http://www.forbes.com/2005/03/15/cz_dl_0315linux.html)

It currently powers the worlds fastest supercomputer the Tianhe-1A (http://www.top500.org/system/10186)

◦ 7168 GPUs

◦ 14,336 CPUs

◦ 262TB of RAM

◦ 2 Petabytes of disk storage

Linux comes in many versions

http://distrowatch.com/

More Distributions

* ALTLinux

* Amigo Linux

* Arch Linux

* Ark Linux

* BackTrack

* BasicLinux

* BeatrIX

* BioKnoppix

* BLAG

* CentOS

* ClusterKnoppix

* Conectiva

* Crux

* DamnSmallLinux

* Debian

* DeLi Linux

* Devil-Linux

* DragOnLinux

* Dyne:Bolic

* Elive

* Feather

* Fedora

* Floppix

* Foresight

* Freesco

* Freespire

* Frugalware

* G2Linx

* Gentoo

* Goodgoat

* Gnoppix

* GoboLinux

* IPCop

* IpodLinux

* Kanotix

* Kate OS

* Knoppix

* Kubuntu

* Kurumin

* Linspire, formerly LindowsOS

* Linux From Scratch

* Lunar Linux

* Lycoris

* Mandriva, formerly Mandrake

* MEPIS

* Morphix* muLinux* Pardus* PCLinuxOS* PHLAK* PocketLinux* Puppy Linux* Red Hat* Red Hat Enterprise Linux* Slackware* SLAX* SmoothWall* Source Mage* Sun JDS* SuSE* SystemRescue* TopologiLinux* TurboLinux* Turkix* Ubuntu Linux* VectorLinux* Whitebox Linux* Yellow Dog Linux* Yoper* Xandros* Zenwalk Linux formerly MiniSLack

http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhHCl8j_RbU

Why is Linux so difficult to use?

For personal computers

Aimed for a wider base of users instead of development goals

Meant to multi-task and do many things at one time

Many different versions to choose from

Unlike Windows, Linux gives you full control of what the computer is doing

Not all Windows programs will smoothly work on Linux

Since Linux is free, no legal support for programs are available

Takes time to learn new OS

No customer service available due to he software being free

Only 1.65% of people use the Linux OS

Forums are usually where questions are answered about software problems

Why Is Linux Easy to Use?

Customizable user interface can look just like a Mac or Windows OS.

http://cdn.ilovefreesoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Mac-Interface-for-Linux.png

Package managers update programs that you installed so you don’t have to.

http://www.zisman.ca/ubuntu/index.html

Linux Mint which is based on Debian and Ubuntu is user-friendly and geared to the less tech-savvy.

http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/02/linux-mint/

If you can use a search engine or a chat program, Linux has a huge community base which can help solve problems you come across.

http://xchat.org/

http://ubuntuforums.org/

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux

http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/205/1/

http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/12838.aspx

http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-08-03-001-35-OP-SW

http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions

http://distrowatch.com/

http://xchat.org/

http://ubuntuforums.org/

http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/02/linux-mint/

http://distrowatch.com/

http://www.top500.org/system/10186