Intro Why linux History

1. Intro to Linux and Web
Apps!
Class 1-a slide deck

2. What qualifies me to to teach you?
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• I worked as a Linux Support Technician for 9
months
• I currently work as a Unix/Linux Support
Engineer
• I'm an avid Linux enthusiast
I've taken a course in Linux at a college once

3. Why Linux?
• Develop and operate applications for the Internet
o Facebook, Google, Reddit, Yahoo...
o Linux runs on any hardware
o Linux is free
o Scales to accommodate millions of users
• Open Source Revolution
o Linux is the first successful open source operating system
o Encourages forking and merging of projects
o Support provided by the community
 e.g. linuxquestions.org and stackoverflow.com

4. Why Linux?
• No college necessary
o Opportunities for brogramming, engineering, management

5. A Really quick history of Linux
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o Closed source OS developed in 1969 in Bell Labs (Which is in NJ)
o Adopted by Berkley who cloned Unix, creating BSD
o GNU Operating System
 A full suite of utilities for operating computers written in C
 Was missing a kernel, the missing piece for their free OS
• Linux History
o In 1991 Linus Torvalds releases the first free Unix-like kernel
o GNU adopts the Linux kernel
 Linux is informally adopted as the moniker for GNU/Linux
Unix History (before Linux)

6. Linux Today
Linus Torvalds is still the maintainer for the Linux kernel
and approves all merges.
He is prolific for his
bravado and vulgarity.

7. Linux Today
• Many distributions
o Teams of people across the world fork GNU/Linux
o Purpose-built OS
 Android
 RHEL
 Mint Linux