Year | Event |
1957 | Bell Labs found they needed an operating system for their computer center that at the time was running various batch jobs. The BESYS operating system was created at Bell Labs to deal with these needs. |
1965 | Bell Labs was adopting third generation computer equipment and decided to join forces with General Electric and MIT to create Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service). |
1969 | By April 1969, AT&T made a decision to withdraw Multics and go with GECOS. When Multics was withdrawn Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie needed to rewrite an operating system in order to play space travel on another smaller machine (a DEC PDP-7 [Programmed Data Processor 4K memory for user programs). The result was a system that a punning colleague called UNICS (UNiplexed Information and Computing Service)--an 'emasculated Multics'. |
1969 | Summer 1969 Unix was developed. |
1969 | Linus Torvalds is born. |
1971 | First edition of Unix released 11/03/1971. The first edition of the "Unix PROGRAMMER'S MANUAL [by] K. Thompson [and] D. M. Ritchie." It includes over 60 commands like: b (compile B program); boot (reboot system); cat (concatenate files); chdir (change working directory); chmod (change access mode); chown (change owner); cp (copy file); ls (list directory contents); mv (move or rename file); roff (run off text); wc (get word count); who (who is one the system). The main thing missing was pipes. |
1972 | Second edition of Unix released December 06, 1972. |
1972 | Ritchie rewrote B and called the new language C. |
1973 | Unix had been installed on 16 sites (all within AT&T/Western Electric); it was publically unveiled at a conference in October. |
1973 | Third edition of Unix released February 1973 |
1973 | Forth edition of Unix released November 1973 |
1974 | Fifth edition of Unix released June 1974 |
1974 | Thompson went to UC Berkeley to teach for a year, Bill Joy arrived as a new graduate student. Frustrated with ed, Joy developed a more featured editor em. |
1975 | Sixth edition of Unix released May 1975 |
1975 | Bourne shell is introduced begins being added onto. |
1977 | 1BSD released late 1977 |
1978 | 2BSD released mid 1978 |
1979 | Seventh edition of Unix released January 1979 |
1979 | 3BSD released late 1979 |
1979 | SCO founded by Doug and Larry Michels as Unix porting and consulting company. |
1980 | 4.0BSD released October 1980 |
1982 | SGI introduces IRIX. |
1983 | SCO delivers its first packaged Unix system called SCO XENIX System V for Intel 8086 and 8088 processor-based PCs. |
1983 | The GNU operating system is first announced by Richard Stallman September 27, 1983. |
1984 | Ultrix 1.0 was released. |
1985 | Eighth edition of Unix released February 1985 |
1985 | The GNU manifesto is published in the March 1985 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal. The GNU project starts a year and a half later. |
1986 | HP-UX 1.0 released. |
1986 | Ninth edition of Unix released September 1986 |
1987 | Sun and AT&T lay the groundwork for business computing in the next decade with an alliance to develop Unix System V Release 4. |
1988 | HP-UX 2.0 released. |
1988 | HP-UX 3.0 released. |
1989 | SCO ships SCO Unix System V/386, the first volume commercial product licensed by AT&T to use the Unix System trademark. |
1989 | HP-UX 7.0 released. |
1989 | Tenth edition of Unix released October 1989 |
1990 | AIX short for Advanced Interactive eXecutive was first entered into the market by IBM February 1990. |
1991 | Sun unveils Solaris 2 operating environment, specially tuned for symetric multiprocessing. |
1991 | Linux is introduced by Linus Torvalds, a student in Finland. |
1991 | HP-UX 8.0 released. |
1991 | BSD/386 ALPHA First code released to people outside BSDI 12/xx/1991 |
1992 | HP-UX 9.0 released. |
1993 | NetBSD 0.8 released 04/20/1993 |
1993 | FreeBSD 1.0 released December of 1993 |
1994 | Red Hat Linux is introduced. |
1994 | Caldera, Inc was founded in 1994 by Ransom Love and Bryan Sparks. |
1994 | NetBSD 1.0 released 10/26/1994 |
1995 | FreeBSD 2.0 released 01/xx/1995 |
1995 | SCO acquires Unix Systems source technology business from Novell Corporation (which had acquired it from AT&T's Unix System Laboratories). SCO also acquires UnixWare 2 operating system from Novell. |
1995 | HP-UX 10.0 released. |
1995 | 4.4 BSD Lite Release 2 the true final distribution from the CSRG 06/xx/1995 |
1996 | KDE is started to be developed by Matthias Ettrich |
1997 | HP-UX 11.0 released. |
1997 | Caldera ships OpenLinux Standard 1.1 May 5, 1997, the second offering in Caldera's OpenLinux product line |
1998 | IRIX 6.5 the fifth generation of SGI Unix is released July 6, 1998. |
1998 | SCO delivers UnixWare 7 operating system. |
1998 | Sun Solaris 7 operating system released. |
1998 | FreeBSD 3.0 released 10/16/1998 |
2000 | FreeBSD 4.0 released 03/13/2000 |
2000 | Caldera Systems Inc. announces that Caldera Systems has entered into agreement to acquire the SCO Server Software Division and the Professional Services Division. |
2001 | Linus Torvalds releases version 2.4 of the Linux Kernel source code on January 4th. |
2001 | Microsoft files a trademark suit against Lindows.com in December. |
2004 | Lindows changes it's name to Linspire April 14, 2004. |
2004 | The first release of Ubuntu is released October 20, 2004. |
Thursday, December 15, 2011
LINUX HISTORY
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Reasons For Choosing LINUX
1. SECURITY
· Linux is Open Source Software, The simplest benefits of Open Source is transparency and increased security, reliability, stability and functionality
2. SCALABILITY
· System implemented under Linux can be cloned limitless times without paying additional software licensing fees
3. POWER
· Linux is made with the Unix design philosophy, which dictates that system tools are small and highly specialized. The result is an incredibly powerful and reliable system
4. RELIABITLITY
· The architecture of Linux is superior because critical operation system functions are implemented in such a way that buggy programs can’t cause the computer to become unstable or crash
5. ADVANCED CAPABILITIES
· In addition to the system utility tools from the Unix world, Linux usually comes with the Apache Webserver, an email server, router/firewall capabilities and SQL databases. These save extras costing of thousands of dollars
6. NO VIRUS AND NO ADWARE
· Linux is considered to be free from viruses and adwares, and bloatware, more than 50,000 new virus signatures were found for Windows, compared to 45 for Linux. Most Linux distros come with firewalls and antivirus software. Program like Guaddog
7. DUAL BOOTING CAPABILITIES
· With Linux, it can take as little as half an hour to install the operating system, utilities, and a full set of application No registration or activation is required
8. UPDATES SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS
· Linux updates all the software automatically whenever updates are available, including all application packages
9. SYSTEM CRASHES
· Every desktop operating system crashes. Nobody can avoid it while using software with such high level of complexity
· Badly written Drivers cause instability, as well as, unsupported hardware cause System to crash
· Linux performs far better as compared to other Operating System
10. COST
· Linux is Free to everyone including other application packages for graphics, word processing, accounting, and Anti-Virus program
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Application that must have for Linux
OPENOFFICE
Is an open-source application for word processing, spreadsheets, graphics and presentations, database. Available in different Operating Software System
GIMP
GIMP, GNU Image Manipulation Program. It’s like a Adobe Photoshop and have most of its function. Allowing you to undertake complex image-manipulation procedures . A good editing software for Linux
VLC
A free and open source cross-platform for multimedia, plays most multimedia formats as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and different streaming protocols
WINE
Linux application that enable windows application to run on Linux OS, however not all, but mostly of Windows application would run fairly well
GOOGLE CHROME
Fast, Safe, and easy to use browser for most of Operating System. It has many features like multiple tabs, multiple plug-ins, support massive applications and very stable
Monday, December 05, 2011
Choosing the Distribution
LINUX : Choosing the Distribution
Most of the Linux distributions come with a so-called ‘base system’ that comprises most of the software the computer user would need. These distributions are up to date with new drivers and software.
Ubuntu, Fedora, SuSE are some of the popular Linux Operating Systems, they are generally considered to be easy to use ‘user friendly’ to use by a newbie, even though they still have the power tools that a advanced users can used.
Hardware compatibility is one aspect about using Linux. Most of the hardware is supported by default in most Linux distributions, less popular or old hardware might not work.
There are I thinks there’s about a hundreds of distributions available, and each have it’s own differences. Choosing the right distributions might seem difficult, its up to you where will you need it or what you want to have for example for multimedia creation for low specification computers.
Sunday, December 04, 2011
Is Linux Logo Really a Penguin?
Like you always see when you search about Linux in the web it always shows the penguin logo that Linux Torvalds approved as the official Linux logo and mascot. His name is TUX that is stood for (T)orvalds (U)ni(X). The use of this logo is freely available, and you find it everywhere on Linux magazines, Web sites, and other Linux venues
The Story Behind the Tux
In 1996 Linus Trovalds, the Finnish creator of the Open Source operating system Linux, visited the National Zoo and Aquarium with members of the Canberra Linux Users Group, and was captivated by one of the Zoo’s little Penguins. Legends has it that Linus was infected with a mythical disease called Penguinitis. Penguinitis makes you stay awake at night thinking about Penguins and feeling great love toward them.
Not long after this event the Open Source Software Community decided they needed a logo for Linux They were looking for something fun and after Linux mentioned his fondness of penguins, a slightly overweight penguin sitting down after having a great meal seemed to fit the bill perfectly. Hence, Tux the penguin was created and now when people think of Linux they think to Tux.
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Linux VS Windows
Some Differences
Linux : Open Source ( free and nearly every program for it is also free)
Windows : Not free, most program are not free
Linux : no virius written to attack linux
Windows : most viruses is written for windows
Linux: If something goes wrongs its hard to fix
Windows : Lot more easy to repair than linux
Linux : Not so much user-friendly
Windows : easy, nice, user-friendly and compatible with lots of things
LINUX
POWERFUL, SECURE, OPENSOURCE
An Open Operating System, it is develop collaboratively, meaning two or more company is responsible for its ongoing development. They share research and development costs with its partners and even competitors. The spreading of development and research resulted in a large and efficient ecosystem and software innovation.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
OpenSource Operating System (OS)
Linux is an operating system (OS) similar to other OS, such as in Mac and Windows. There’s few differences like its execution format. But Linux have an application that can emulate other OS functionality.
It's an open source operating system, meaning it's free. And most of all of its application are also free (games, music, themes, program, etc). And I know everybody love free ^_^.
One good thing about Linux because it’s an open source, the source code of the OS are given for most of the programmer with knowledge about UNIX and how to customize Linux can make there own version of it. Another thing is about viruses, I hate virus and I think you hate it too. Linux OS have only few viruses that can interrupt its system.
And if you have some problem about Linux there are many forums for you to join and they will be happily answer your question.
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