Linus Torvalds was born in Helsinki, Finland, on December 28, 1969. when he was only 10 years he had begun dabbling in the affairs of the manufacture of computer programming through Commoore VIC-20 computers belonging to his grandfather.
In 1988, Linus lecture at the University of Helsinki, Finland. There he began to recognize the C programming To further deepen their knowledge, Linus and then buy a computer at that time was running MS-DOS as the operating system made by microsoft. But, at that Linus was more interested in university-owned computers that use UNIX operating system. He also tried to develop an adequate operating system for PC UNIX. A few months later Linus managed to create a rough version called Linux. Linux may be a name akronimdari Linus and UNIX.
To introduce its new operating system, Linus posted a message over the Internet to PC users around the world. Even Linus to make its software can be downloaded for free. And, as usually done by a fellow software developer at the time, he released the source code, which means that all people who have knowledge of computer programming could modify Linux to suit their own purposes.
Linux Operating the technique does require considerable intelligence, because the operation is not as easy as using the more popular operating systems, such as Windows, Apple's Mac computer, or OS / 2 owned by IBM. However, because of the volunteer developers themselves will praise the quality, Linux is becoming quite known for its excellence as a system of efficient and rarely crashes or, as most people call it hangs (system suddenly stopped).
At the end of 1990, Linux is starting to get pretty big applause from the user's PC. Even Microsoft's competitors are very interested and started to participate to develop Linux. Company sperti Nestcafe Communications, Corel, Oracle, Intel, and other companies announced that they plan to support Linux as a cheap alternative operating systems at once reliably.
Linux in developing countries are progressing very rapidly. Software prices could reach 100 dollars or more. In a country where the average income per year between 200-300 U.S. dollars, 100 dollars cash is enormous. With the Linux, everything changed. Because Linux can be used on computers that are quite long, he became the most suitable alternative for small-budget computer. In the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America, Linux is the way out for computer enthusiasts.
Because of the openness on the system source code, many groups participating developers fix all its features, as well as moving the various applications that run on Linux. One result of the change of the Linux operating system that was less likely to be user friendly strangers. All this is possible thanks to the KDE and GNOME. Thanks to these two operating systems, Linux desktop look more attractive and able to change the perception of the world about Linux.
Utilization of the Linux operating system also now been applied to the supercomputers of the world such as The Tetragrid, a megakomputer of America that can calculate more than 13 trillion calculations per second (13.6 TeraFLOPS - Floating Operations Per Second). Tetragrid can be used to seek the solution of complex mathematical problems and simulations, from cancer research to astronomy and the weather forecast.
Others, namely Evolocity. Also from the U.S., a computer that can run at a maximum speed of 9.2 teraflops, making it one of the five fastest supercomputers in the world. Even in the same time, Linus took a position at Transmeta corp., Owned by one of its founders, Paul Allen. In it, Linus worked in a highly confidential project, which is assumed by many high-tech community will develop into sebuajh force that could be the source of attacks in the future for Microsoft's empire.
When it was introduced, the operating system Linux has no logo. The developers were asking questions, and suggested that given the logo of Linux as an identity. Then elected Tux penguin (Torvalds Unix) as its logo. The logo was designed by artist Larry Ewing.
The election is based on the experience of Linus penguin logo on vacation time, he went to the south. There he met a penguin that bit short fingers. This funny incident was the beginning of the election of penguins as the operating system logo creations. Until now, the logo of Linux is well known across the world. People are more easily recognize all the products that smelled of Linux just by looking at the unique logo of this cute nan.
History has always recorded, great people achieve success by working hard without knowing the desperate and they enjoy the work. Call it Linus Torvalds, a genius who is familiar with computers since early childhood, managed to create an operating system that we are familiar with the name of Linux, an operating system of the future that he would shake the empire of his Microsoft with Windows.
Linus operating system creations attracted many people's attention at the beginning of the millennium 21. The beauty of Linux is its free and open source in the sense that we do not need to have it paid for the license, just enough to pay the cost of distribution.
Open source means (of code) that is open source. Sources in question here is the source code (source code) of a software (software), either the programming language code and documentation of software. Because of its open source it, Linux can be developed by many programmers in the world so that more days, the quality is better. In contrast to Windows which is intended for the commercial so that source code is not provided. His decision to eliminate and release the source code makes Linux Linus became a hero in the world of software that is currently very nuanced capitalism and business alone.
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FIGURE genius was born in Helsinki, Finland, on December 28, 1969. In the age of 10, Linus has started to program a computer, using a computer belonging to his grandfather, the Commodore VIC-20. In 1988 Linus accepted as a student at the University of Helsinki, Finland. In 1991, Linus bought a PC (Personal Computer) that first time was still using MS-DOS (Disk Operation System, Microsoft's operating system
But Linus is more likely to use the UNIX operating system, such as those used in university-owned computers. UNIX operating system is an operating system widely used in computer networks because it is independent of the various types of machines. Finally, he decided to create a version that can be used for the PC from the UNIX.
Working hard for months producing the precursor of the operating system known as Linux, that would eight years later developed into what is said by many observers as a threat to giant Microsoft is very well known by the operating system windowsnya.
Linux is very similar to the UNIX system, this is because compatibility with UNIX is a primary design goal of the Linux project.
Linux development started in 1991, when Linus Torvalds was a student in Finland who wrote Linux, to the processor 80386, the processor 32-bit CPU is the first in a collection of intelligence that is suitable for PCs. Linus initially create its own Linux as a hobby, because he wanted to run operating systems like UNIX in his 386 (386 digits are serial numbers long before Intel Pentium microprocessor manufactured). From the results of his work was born the Linux version 0.01, which is actually still not be called an operating system.
After experiencing improvements, be a Linux version 0.02, which incidentally is the first official Linux version announced in public. Linus announces Linux source code on 5 October 1991. He released the source code, which means all people who have knowledge of computer programming could modify Linux to suit their own purposes.
Linux soon have many enthusiastic supporters because they can have access to source code, and Linus can help to improve and refine the software.
Linux project gets the attention of the programmers around the world who later participated Linux build. Linux developments took place very rapidly until today.
There are enough subtle differences between Linux and Windows operating systems. Operating the Linux requires considerable technical intelligence, because not as easy to operate using the more popular operating systems, such as Windows, Apple Computer's Mac, or OS / 2 owned by IBM. So once one of his professors in the Department of Electrical ITB said ITB students should use Linux because it requires more intelligence in the operation which it will be hone logic.
The success of Linux is making some giant software company announced a busy-busy to migrate and join the Linux support like Netscape Communications, Corel, Intel and Oracle. The result appears stigma has a war between Linux and Windows star and Linux creator Linus as David described as a forward against the giant Bill 'Goliath' Gates, founder and CEO of Microsoft.
The main problem facing Linux is the first interface in the form of text (text based interface) that makes ordinary people are not interested in using Linux, because they have to study first in order to understand how to use it. But this situation has begun to change with the presence of KDE and GNOME.
Both have a desktop look attractive so that changing the perception of the world about Linux. Moreover, it's been a lot of Linux distributions that have a view like Windows (Xwindows) such as Red Hat, Debian, Mandrake and Slackware which has the characteristic of each.
Besides Linux also adapted into many languages, such as in Indonesia Merdeka Trustix Linux, Vine Linux in Japan, Redflag Linux in China, etc..
Linux in developing countries are progressing very rapidly. Pricing software (eg an operating system) could reach 100 dollars or more. In a country where the average income per year is 200-300 U.S. dollars, the value of 100 dollars is enormous. With the Linux, everything changed. Because Linux can be used on computers that are allowing him to be an alternative suitable for small-budget computer. In the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America, Linux is the way out for computer enthusiasts.
Use of Linux also has been applied on supercomputers such as The Tetragrid, a megakomputer of America that can calculate more than 13 trillion calculations per second, or rather 13.6 teraflops (floating Operations Per Second). Tetragrid can be used to seek the solution of complex mathematical problems and simulations, from cancer research to astronomy and the weather forecast.
Then Evolocity, also from America, can run at a maximum speed of 9.2 TeraFLOPS have made him one of the five fastest supercomputers in the world.
If you look forward, Linux will likely be the most dominant operating system is not an impossible thing. Because all the advantages it has, every day more and more people in the world who are turning to Linux and leave Microsoft.
Still remembered in the minds of writers when the law on Intellectual Property Rights enacted some time ago, the company where the authors do practical work, within two days immediately replace the Windows operating system that most pirated with Linux systems. Since buying the official Windows software that is much more expensive than using Linux. After all, the performance of Linux is also not inferior to Windows.
One more thing the beauty of Linux is its logo is a penguin named "Tux". Funny logo that has a unique history. Initially, no logo is selected for Linux, but at the time of Linus vacationing in the South. He met a penguin that bit her finger. This funny incident was the beginning of the election of a penguin as the Linux logo.
Tux is the work of artist Larry Ewing at the time the developers feel Linux has needed a logo (1996), and the name chosen is the proposal of James Hughes' (T) orvalds (U) ni (X)? Tux! ". Already completed the logo of Linux, which is a penguin named Tux.
Until now the Linux Tux logo is well known across the world. People are more easily recognize all the products that smelled of Linux just by looking at unique logo funny nan cooperation throughout the Linux community worldwide. Well, if you need a free operating system and have equivalent capabilities of Windows, Linux is the right choice. The presence of Linus Torvalds in the era of informatics arena this will be a figure that can be compared with previous computer scientists like Von Neumann, Berners Lee, etc.
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