tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229173265400382682011-11-27T16:00:15.624-08:00My Linux BlogArchie D. Quirante, CPA, SILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058825959642102966noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917326540038268.post-2235974229705386982007-09-16T05:12:00.000-07:002007-09-16T05:25:30.522-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.linux.org/info/images/officialpenguin.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 142px;" src="http://www.linux.org/info/images/officialpenguin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Linux is an operating system that was initially created as a hobby by a young student, Linus Torvalds, at the University of Helsinki in Finland. Linus had an interest in Minix, a small UNIX system, and decided to develop a system that exceeded the Minix standards. He began his work in 1991 when he released version 0.02 and worked steadily until 1994 when version 1.0 of the Linux Kernel was released. The kernel, at the heart of all Linux systems, is developed and released under the <a href="http://www.linux.org/info/gnu.html">GNU General Public License</a> and its source code is freely available to everyone. It is this kernel that forms the base around which a <a id="KonaLink0" target="_top" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.linux.org/info/index.html#"><span style="font-weight: 400; position: static; color: rgb(176, 0, 0);font-family:serif;" ><span class="kLink" style="font-weight: 400; position: static; color: rgb(176, 0, 0);font-family:serif;" >Linux </span><span class="kLink" style="font-weight: 400; position: static; color: rgb(176, 0, 0);font-family:serif;" >operating </span><span class="kLink" style="font-weight: 400; position: static; color: rgb(176, 0, 0);font-family:serif;" >system</span></span></a> is developed. There are now literally hundreds of companies and organizations and an equal number of individuals that have released their own versions of operating systems based on the Linux kernel. The current full-featured version is 2.6 (released December 2003) and development continues.</span><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22917326540038268-223597422970538698?l=linuxph.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Archie D. Quirante, CPA, SILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058825959642102966noreply@blogger.com0