Linux : The Alternative

UNIX needs a lot of space and is expensive, especially for home users. Here comes in Linux where it was designed to be small, fast and inexpensive. Linux was originally created by Linus Torvalds of University of Helsinki in Finland. Linus was interested in a small Unix system called minix for PC-based implementaion. He extended the capabilities of minix and here we have Linux. Linus made Linux source code freely available and encouraged others to develop it further. As a result, they did. Today, Linux continues to be developed by a world-wide team, led by Linus, over the Internet. Linux has an official mascot, the Linux Penguin, which was selected by Linus Torvalds to represent the image he associates with the operating system he created. Although many variations of the word Linux exist, it is most often pronounced with a short " i " and with the first syllable stressed, as in LIH-nucks. The current stable version of Linux is version 2.2. Linux uses no code from any other proprietary source. Most of the software for Linux is developed by the Free Software Foundation's GNU project. In conclusion, Linux is inexpensive; as a matter of fact, it is free.

Note : The sentence "The current stable version of Linux is 2.2" means the latest stable version of the Linux kernel is 2.2. The kernel can be downloaded at http://www.kernel.org