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Welcome to the Linux Corner at Compupolis. Here is where you can find information about and resources for the operating system called Linux.
In 1991, a Helsinki, Finland university student named Linus Torvalds wrote an experimental Unix-based operating system. He chose to make his source code freely available to anyone who wanted it, and now the rest is history. Many people around the world have helped to improve the Linux operating system, and distributors such as Red Hat, Inc. (NASDAQ:RHAT) and Caldera Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CALD) have packaged Linux along with other software to make it easier to install and use Linux. In the last couple of years, Linus and Linux have gotten a lot of press coverage. Some people even discuss whether Linux may be the operating system that brings down Microsoft's Windows as the most popular operating system in the world. Note: Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
The following sites have frequently updated news pages regarding the Linux operating system as well as info on the latest available versions of software for Linux.
This latest edition of the Red Hat Linux Unleashed series covers installing and configuring Red Hat Linux 7.0, the version released Fall 2000. This edition includes all three CD-ROM's for Red Hat Linux 7.0. The book is also slightly thinner than the previous edition. I have an earlier edition of the book and I liked it, although back then only the first binary CD-ROM was included.
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