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He started the project because he wanted to run a Unix-based operating system -without spending a lot of money. In addition, he wanted to learn the ins and outs of the -386 processor. Linux was released free of charge to the public so that anyone could study -it and make improvements under the General Public License. (See <a -href="introduction-opensource.html">Section 1.3</a> and <a href="gpl.html">Appendix A</a> -for an explanation of the license.) Today, Linux has grown into a major player in the -operating system market. It has been ported to run on a variety of system architectures, -including HP/Compaq's Alpha, Sun's SPARC and UltraSPARC, and Motorola's PowerPC chips -(through Apple Macintosh and IBM RS/6000 computers.) Hundreds, if not thousands, of -programmers all over the world now develop Linux. It runs programs like Sendmail, Apache, -and BIND, which are very popular software used to run Internet servers. It's important to -remember that the term “Linux” really refers to the kernel - the core of the -operating system. This core is responsible for controlling your computer's processor, -memory, hard drives, and peripherals. That's all Linux really does: It controls the -operations of your computer and makes sure that all of its programs behave. Various -companies and individuals bundle the kernel and various programs together to make an -operating system. We call each bundle a Linux distribution.</p> - -<div class="SECT2"> -<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="INTRODUCTION-LINUX-GNU" name="INTRODUCTION-LINUX-GNU">1.1.1 A -Word on GNU</a></h2> - -<p>The Linux kernel project began as a solo endeavor by Linus Torvalds in 1991, but as -Isaac Newton once said, “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders -of giants.” When Linus Torvalds began the kernel the Free Software Foundation had -already established the idea of collaborative software. They entitled their effort GNU, a -recursive acronym that means simply “GNU's Not Unix”. GNU software ran atop -the Linux kernel from day 1. Their compiler <tt class="COMMAND">gcc</tt> was used to -compile the kernel. Today many GNU tools from <tt class="COMMAND">gcc</tt> to <tt -class="COMMAND">gnutar</tt> are still at the basis of every major Linux distribution. For -this reason many of the Free Software Foundation's proponents fervently state that their -work should be given the same credit as the Linux kernel. They strongly suggest that all -Linux distributions should refer to themselves as GNU/Linux distributions.</p> - -<p>This is the topic of many flamewars, surpassed only by the ancient vi versus emacs -holy war. The purpose of this book is not to fan the fires of this heated discussion, but -rather to clarify the terminology for neophytes. When one sees GNU/Linux it means a Linux -distribution. When one sees Linux they can either be referring to the kernel, or to a -distribution. It can be rather confusing. Typically the term GNU/Linux isn't used because -it's a mouth full.</p> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<div class="NAVFOOTER"> -<hr align="LEFT" width="100%" /> -<table summary="Footer navigation table" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" -cellspacing="0"> -<tr> -<td width="33%" align="left" valign="top"><a href="book-preface.html" -accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> -<td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href="index.html" -accesskey="H">Home</a></td> -<td width="33%" align="right" valign="top"><a href="introduction-slackware.html" -accesskey="N">Next</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td width="33%" align="left" valign="top">Preface</td> -<td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"> </td> -<td width="33%" align="right" valign="top">What is Slackware?</td> -</tr> -</table> -</div> -</body> -</html> - |