History of Linux and its usefulness

 History
Unix operating system developed and implemented in the 1960's and was first released in 1970. Availability and compatibility factors that cause high can be used, copied and modified extensively by academic institutions and the businessman.

"LOGO LINUX"

Logo Linux (Tux) started when Linus Torvalds was a walk in the park Perth. While we were walking it was Linus Torvalds in the stakes by scores Pinguin and fever for days. He thinks that penguin character suitable to become the logo of his new operating system.
Then held a competition to design a new logo Linux, and the competition was won by Larry Ewing who successfully depicts a penguin who is sitting.

on the left is a bit longish hair is Richard Stallman the founder of GNU Project

and on the right is the Linus Torvalds of Linux kernal maker

"Design"

Linux is a modular Unix-like operating systems. Linux has lots of design derived from the basic design of Unix was developed in the period of the 1970s until the 1980s. Linux uses a monolithic kernel, the Linux kernel which handles process control, networking, peripherals and accessing the file system. Device drivers have been integrated into the kernel.

Many high-level functions in Linux are handled by separate projects which integrate with the kernel. The GNU userland is an important part of the Linux system that provides a shell and equipment that handle many basic functions of the operating system. Above the kernel, these tools form a complete Linux system with a graphical user interface that can be used, typically runs on top of X Window System.

"Application of the Linux operating system"

Linux users, who generally do their own install and configuration of the system, are more likely to understand the technology than users of Microsoft Windows or Mac OS. They are often called hacker or geek. But the stereotype is increasingly reduced with the increase in user-friendly nature of Linux and the growing breadth of the distribution of users. Linux has made a pretty good achievement in the computer server market and special purpose computer, such as rendering engines and web servers. Linux is also gaining in popularity in the desktop computer market.

Linux is a principle to the combination of LAMP-server program, short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl / PHP / Python. LAMP has achieved wide popularity among Web developers.

Linux is also often used as an embeded operating system. The cost of procurement of cheap Linux allows its use in equipment such as the Simputer, the low-cost computers aimed at low-income populations in developing countries.

With desktop environments like KDE and GNOME, Linux offers a user interface more like Apple Macintosh or Microsoft Windows instead of a text line interface such as Unix. Therefore, more graphics programs can be found on Linux that offers a variety of functions that exist in commercial utility.

"GNU / Linux"

GNU stands for GNU's Not Unix.

Due to utility-utility from the GNU free operating system project - without this Linux system will not resemble Unix systems in a user's perspective - Richard Stallman of GNU / FSF request that the combination of the system (the GNU project and Linux kernel), referred to as "GNU / Linux". Users of Linux distributions from Debian project is more likely to use the name. Most users more easily using the term "Linux".