Linux
The founder and inventor of Linux is Linus Torvalds. He is Swedish but from Finland. Whilst studying in University of Helsinki 1991, he wanted to create his own Operating System.
Initially in 1987 he bought a Sinclair QL with his saving. That was commendable. Linus had enrolled in his first C language course in 1990. This shows “C is the mother of all languages” and the creativity that it inspires in a programmer. When you are an expert in C, you feel like you can create anything.’(in IT world).
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Linus Trovalds may owe his interest in computers and programming to his grandfather. His grandfather had a Commodore VIC-20 so by age 10 he was already proficient in operating system.
So why he invented Linux?
Linus invented Linux, since he wants less restrictions in using the OS. He was using DOS with a PC and whilst in university he developed the Linux kernel. The OS he wanted in his machine was UNIX, but did not have the money for it.
The advantages of Linux:
The main difference that makes Linus Trovalds a legend is that
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He starts working on Linux Kernel in 1991.
The first Debian Linux is distributed.
Red Hat Incorporated is established by Mark Ewing and Bob Young.
The first mascot of Linux is created by Larry Ewing, who was a student of Texas A&M at that time.
IBM invests 1 billion dollar for Linux development.
Originally Linux was shell based. You had to know commands. This made it lesser than Windows until ,GNOME was released in 1999.
Steve Job offers a job to Linus Tovalds ,but he refused. Also was trying to persuade Linus from working on Linux.
Ubuntu is another Desktop environment for Linux
The lack of support for Linux drivers made Torvalds react very strongly.
He wanted to say NVidia should have better support for Linux.
Red Hat Linux becomes 1st open source company to become billionaire.!
Microsoft changes its policies.
| OS Name | Year Invented/Founded | Founder | Education | BirthDate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unix | 1971 | Dennis Ritchie | Harvard University | Sept 9,1941 |
| Unix | 1972 | Ken Thompson | University of California,Berkley | Feb 4,1943 |
| CP/M | 1974 | Gary Kiddall | University of Washington | May 19,1942 |
| Apple | 1979 | Steve Wozniak | University of Colorado(not completed) | Aug 11,1950 |
| MS-DOS | 1980 | Bill Gates | Harvard University | Oct,1955 |
| MS-Windows | 1985 | Bill Gates, Paul Allen | Harvard University, Washington University | Oct,1955 Jan 21,1955 |
| Linux | 1991 | Linus Torvalds | University of Helsinki | 28 Dec,1969 |
Linus Torvalds Says:
“Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.”
-Linus Torvalds
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A place where you can use your imaginations. Like Linus Torvalds, founder of Linux.
Located in Finland which is part of the Nordic countries.
Linux is very stable , secure, virus free operating system as wells free.
"Encourage creativity in Kids.
My elder son aged 7 asked me what he needs to know to enter Apple .I told him to start Linux. He flatly said No.
He wants to learn Apple ..MACOS that is."
But that story is for later. Prior to reading this post you should read Apple story.
