1. Operating System: Linux
By: Victoria Lin and Rebecca Reimbolt

2. • Like Windows, Mac OS, UNIX
• Runs primarily on PC
• Operating System

3. • Task scheduler
• Memory manager
• Disk manager
What Does an Operating
System Do?

4. • Network manager
• Input/output manager
• Security manager
What Does Operating
System Do? cont.

5. • 1991
• Linus Torvalds
• Made available for free
How was it created?

6. • Programmers can add
• Allows enhancement
• Software developers
• Growing audience
What is the attraction?

7. • Experimenting with operating systems
• Control over operating systems
• Dislike Microsoft
Who uses Linux?

8. • Many available for Linux
• Wine project
Applications

9. • Free
• Develop/enhance
• Customizable versions
• General public license (GPL)
Windows vs. Linux

10. • Pros:
• Experimentation
• Constantly improving
• Hands-on
• Cons:
• Complex
• Difficult for average user
Pros and Cons

11. • Freeware
• Cheap hardware
• Adoptable
• Less control over businesses
• Free/open source
Unix-like

12. • Fast growing
• Adopted by many users around world
Market Growth

13. • Embedded systems/Mobile devices
• Supercomputers
• Netbooks
Linux Adoption

14. • Allows users to interact with images
• Common for embedded systems
Graphical User Interface

15. • Supports various programming languages
• ADA
• C
• C++
• Java
• Fortran
Programming on Linux

16. • Specific user group
• General
• Highly specialized
• Commercial/Non commercial
• Business
Types and Trends

17. • Distributed through packages
• Examples
• Gentoo
• Arch Linux
• Debian
Linux Distribution

18. • Gnome and KDE Plasma Desktop
Desktop Linux

19. • SCO-Linux
• License agreements
• GNU-Linux
Controversies

20. • Linuxquestions.org
• Linux user groups
Communities