Getting acquainted with Linux: a primer on dipping into the ‘Free’ software world
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Monday 17th of August 2015 06:54:23 PM
Filed under
So what is Linux all about and where did it come from? Linux is a term broadly used to refer to the collection of operating systems belonging to the GNU/Linux distributions (see box on the history of GNU/Linux.) A distribution is basically an operating system that is based on a variation of the GNU/Linux core.
»
-
- Login or register to post comments
Printer-friendly version- 1050 reads
PDF version
More in Tux Machines
- Highlights
- Front Page
- Latest Headlines
- Archive
- Recent comments
- All-Time Popular Stories
- Hot Topics
- New Members
- Top 7 Linux Window Managers
- digiKam 7.7.0 is released
- Dilution and Misuse of the "Linux" Brand
- Samsung, Red Hat to Work on Linux Drivers for Future Tech
- today's howtos
- Red Hat Hires a Blind Software Engineer to Improve Accessibility on Linux Desktop
- Today in Techrights
- Android Leftovers
- GnuCash 4.11
- today's leftovers
- Red Hat Servers, and AlmaLinux
- Digitally signing PDF documents in Linux: with hardware token & Okular
- today's howtos
- Accessibility in Fedora Workstation
- Android Leftovers
- Raspberry Pi Zero Prints Giant Pictures with Thermal Receipt Printer
- Excellent Utilities: Extension Manager - Browse, Install and Manage GNOME Shell Extensions
- Mozilla Firefox 102 Is Now Available for Download, Adds Geoclue Support on Linux
- Why I think the GNOME designers are incompetent
- Devices With GNU/Linux and Hardware Hacking
.svg_.png)
Content (where original) is available under CC-BY-SA, copyrighted by original author/s.
Recent comments
48 weeks 3 days ago
48 weeks 3 days ago
48 weeks 3 days ago
48 weeks 4 days ago
48 weeks 4 days ago
48 weeks 4 days ago
48 weeks 4 days ago
48 weeks 4 days ago
48 weeks 4 days ago
48 weeks 4 days ago