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Fedora (operating system) – Introduction

Fedora is an RPM-based, general purpose operating system built on top of the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. The Fedora Project’s mission is to lead the advancement of free and open source software and content as a collaborative community. One of Fedora’s main objectives is not only [...]

Open source – Applications

Many fields of study and social and political views have been affected by the growth of the concept of open source. Advocates in one field often support the expansion of open source in other fields. For example, Linus Torvalds is quoted as saying, “the future is open source everything.” But Eric Raymond and other founders [...]

Executable and Linkable Format – 86open

86open was a project to form consensus on a common binary file format for Unix and Unix-like operating systems on the common PC compatible x86 architecture, so as to encourage software developers to port to the architecture. The format eventually chosen was ELF, specifically the Linux implementation of ELF, after it had turned out to [...]

Richard Stallman – GNU project

Stallman announced the plan for the GNU operating system in September 1983 on several ARPANET mailing lists and USENET. In 1985, Stallman published the GNU Manifesto, which outlined his motivation for creating a free operating system called GNU, which would be compatible with Unix. The name GNU is a recursive acronym for “GNU’s Not Unix.” [...]

Core (microarchitecture) – Chip errata

The Core 2 memory management unit (MMU) in X6800, E6000 and E4000 processors does not operate to previous specifications implemented in previous generations of x86 hardware. This may cause problems, many of them serious security and stability issues, with existing operating system software. Intel’s documentation states that their programming manuals will be updated “in the [...]

Just for Fun – Introduction

”Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary” is a humorous autobiography of Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, co-written with David Diamond. The book explains Linus’ view of himself, the free software movement and the development of Linux. Linus’s contribution to the operating system was its kernel, “Linux”. The operating system [...]

Linux.conf.au – Conference history

In 1999, CALU was conceived, bankrolled (via his personal credit card) and executed by Linux kernel hacker Rusty Russell. It laid the foundation for a successful, strongly technical, eclectic and fun conference series. 2001 was the first the conference had been held under the linux.conf.au name, in 1999 it was called CALU. A major highlight [...]

GNU/Linux naming controversy – History

LINUX Operating System

Plans for the GNU operating system were made in 1983 by Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation. In September of that year, Stallman published a manifesto in ”Dr. Dobb’s Journal” detailing his new project publicly, and outlining his vision of free software. Software development work began in January 1984. GNU was to be [...]

Personal computer – Software

Computer software is a general term used to describe a collection of computer programs, procedures and documentation that perform some tasks on a computer system. The term includes application software such as word processors which perform productive tasks for users, system software such as operating systems, which interface with hardware to provide the necessary services [...]

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface – Introduction

HP-UX Operating System

ACPI aims to consolidate and improve upon existing power and configuration standards for hardware devices. It provides a transition from existing standards to entirely ACPI-compliant hardware, with some ACPI operating systems already removing support for legacy hardware. With the intention of replacing Advanced Power Management, the MultiProcessor Specification and the Plug and Play BIOS Specification, [...]

Berkeley Software Distribution – History

Virtual Operating Systems

File:Unix history-simple.png|250px|thumb|Evolution of Unix systems default PDP-11 beginnings The earliest distributions of Unix from Bell Labs in the 1970s included the source code to the operating system, allowing researchers at universities to modify and extend Unix. The first Unix system at Berkeley was a PDP-11 installed in 1974, and the computer science department used it [...]

Linux User Group – Local LUGs

Network Operating Systems

Local Linux User Groups meet (typically weekly to monthly) to provide support and/or arrange and host presentations for Linux users, particularly for inexperienced users. Given that Linux is not dominated by any specific corporate or institutional entity, LUGs are more important for Linux users than other sorts of users’ groups. Linux is predominantly user supported [...]

Linux Journal – Introduction

LINUX Operating System

”Linux Journal” is a monthly technology magazine published by Belltown Media, Inc. of Houston, Texas. The magazine focuses specifically on Linux, allowing the content to be a highly specialized source of information for open source enthusiasts. ”Linux Journal” was the first magazine to be published about the Linux operating system. The first issue was published [...]

Linux kernel – Introduction

LINUX Operating System

Linux kernel is an operating system kernel used by the Linux family of Unix-like operating systems. It is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software. The Linux kernel is released under the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2), (plus some firmware images with various licenses), and is developed by [...]









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