Understanding Linux_unix Linux

Linux Introduction:

The idea for the first invention to design the Linux operating system was a young man from Finland, Linus B. Torvalds, who was familiar with the Minix system. Start Linus B. Torvalds did not release the binaries for the new operating system, just to distribute the source code externally. If you want to compile the source code, you also need to minix the compiler program to do. At first Linus Torvalds wanted to name the new system Freax. He puts the source code on the largest FTP network in Finland. They thought the system was "Linus Minix", so they built a subdirectory of Linux to store the source code, and the Linux name was set. Gradually in the later time, Linux enthusiasts all over the world have joined the Linux system development work. Through the Internet connection, research results quickly spread to all corners of the world.

In 1994, Torvalds finally launched a formal version of Linux 1.0. At this point the operating system has become more stable and has a lot of advanced features: Support preemptive multitasking, symmetric multiple processing, and full POSIX compatibility. It even has its own mascot! Torvalds in the Linux online documentation: "It's a likable penguin who just wants to hug and has a feast for a herring."

Linux gained widespread support in the 1998, and it is particularly important that almost all large software companies announce or are about to develop corresponding products for Linux. It has been predicted to become the second-largest operating system following Microsoft's Windows NT by 2003.