Linux Getting Started tutorial (i) about the history of Linux

Many books on Linux have written a lot of things about Linux in the previous chapters , but the reader has not officially started to enter the Linux world for a long time , which leads them to Linux Lost some interest, and threw away a thick book .

LinuxHistory does need to be understood by the reader, but not knowing it will not affect your futureLinuxTechnology。Haha, I don't really knowLinuxof history, so forLinuxhistory is not covered in this tutorial . If you are interested, then you can search the Internet, a lot of it is enough for you to watch the day . Although I do not want to verbose too much, but about the basic knowledge of Linux, I would like to briefly introduce . It's also my respect for the founder of Linux, Linus Torvalds .

In the introductionLinuxHistory, I would like to first of allLinux's pronunciation to say a bit。I found the friends around meLinuxThere are several types of pronunciation:“Rick, the Fox.”And“Inside you, Fox.”“Rick, twist.”such as。In fact, the official standard pronunciation is[' Li:nЭks], because this pronunciation is the pronunciation of founder Linus . If you do not know the phonetic transcription, then read into the "Rick ". and the author is accustomed to pronounce " in You ", of course, you pronounce what, and no one will say you, is completely a person's habit .

Perhaps some readers have learned thatLinuxAndUnixIt's very similar.。That's rightLinuxis based onUnixEvolved over the。YearLinusIt's because of the contact.UnixThen I want to develop a simple system kernel, he developed a simple system kernel is actuallyLinux.WasLinusThe development of this system kernel dropped to the internet to provide everyone download, because of its exquisite small, more and more enthusiasts to study it。People embellish the kernel and then become a system. Maybe you've heard of it, It's free. kernel free The kernel is based on a number of linux

The Linux distribution says that the simple point is to package the Linux kernel with the application software . the more well-known distributions are:Ubuntu, RedHat, CentOS, Debain, Fedora, SuSE, OpenSUSE, Turbolinux, Bluepoint, Redflag, Xterm, SlackWare wait

And what I used to do isRedhatAndCentos, it is necessary to say, in factCentosis based onRedhat, someone on the internet said,CentosIsRedhatClone of Enterprise Edition。The author of the company's servers are all installedCentossystem, and quite stable . CentOS can download and install the required packages for free using Yum compared to Redhat , which is quite handy . and Redhat to use yum must buy services .

The author simply introduced a bit of Linux, if you want to learn more about the history of Linux , then please yourself to inquire about the relevant information .

Linux Getting Started tutorial (i) about the history of Linux