EVOLUTION OF COMPUTERS: ======================= - Big systems and non-afordable - Different companies created different OS - To solve specific purpose - Costly - Impossible to learn and understand computers BEGINING OF UNIX OS: ==================== - 1969, team of developers started at Bell labs - Goal was to create common software for all computers - Project name was 'Unix' - Used C language to develop Unix OS, instead of assembly language - Create a code that is easy and recyclable - The recyclable code is known as Kernel - Kernel, as it is recyclable, it is used to develop the OS and enhance its features - Source code is open source - universities, govt orgs and big corporates - IBM AIX, HP-UX, Sun solaris HOW LINUX CAME INTO PICTURE: ============================ - 1991, Linus Tarvalds, student at Finland, to create a freely available academic version of Unix - started writing his own code only his own PC - Linus started the project because he was not able to afford the Unix OS - He had no ideas about how big this project would become - Initially he named it as 'Freax' but changed it to 'Linux' - He created the Linux os under his own license but restricted it for commercial use - In 1992, he released Linux under GNU - General public license Linux is everywhere: supercomputers, laptops, tablets, mobiles, routers, washingmachins, watches, servers, cars etc... almost everywhere LINUX FEATURES: =============== - Multiuser OS - Multitasking - Portability - Security - GUI interface - File system - Open source