Linux is one of the
world’s
most powerful and popular operating system. Linux
operating system was developed by Linus Benedict
Torvalds at the age of 21. At present there are more than
300 flavors of Linux available and one can choose
between any of them depending on the kind of
applications they want.
Linux is a freeware and generally speaking its free from
Virus and other malware infections. In this post I will
share few Linux facts which may or may not be know for
many of us.
14 Most Interesting Linux Facts :--
1.Only 2% of the current Linux kernel written by Linus
Torvalds.
The Linux kernel version is written in the programming
language C.
2.The first commercial distribution GNU / Linux was
Yggdrasil was launched Lice-CD format in 1992. Red Hat
was one of the first distributions to settle within
companies and data centers in 1999.
3. A guy named William Della Croce Jr. registered the
name Linux and demanded royalties for use of the mark.
Later, he agreed to assign the trademark to the true
owner, who is Torvalds.
4.Countries such as Russia, Brazil and Venezuela have
put their focus on Linux as a basis for interoperable
management , cost efficient and
technologically
independent.
5. U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Navy Submarine
Fleet, Federal Aviation Administration uses Linux in
government offices. Indian state of Tamil Nadu uses
Linux for education purpose.
6. 90% of the
world’s
most powerful supercomputers using an operating
system GNU / Linux, in fact, the top ten of
supercomputers use Linux. In fact, the penetration of
Linux in data centers is very high, 33.8% of the world
runs on Linux servers compared to 7.3% does so in a
Microsoft operating system.
7.The name of the penguin, Tux , is not entirely clear. On
the one hand, it is said that the origin of the name
comes from the fact that penguins appear to be wearing
a tuxedo, which in English is said max tuxedo tux and is
abbreviated. In contrast, another source comes from the
letters of the logo of Tux are Unix Torvalds.
8.Torvalds wanted to call the kernel Freax (a
combination of
“free
“freak
and the letter X to indicate that it is a Unix-like), but his
friend Ari Lemmke, who administered the FTP server
where the kernel was hosted for download, the
download directory called kernel of Linux Torvalds.
9.Debian was one of the first GNU / Linux that was
constituted and organized as a community of
developers.
10.Linux is present in highly critical applications such as
Japan’s
bullet trains, traffic control, San Francisco, the New York
Stock Exchange, CERN, many air traffic control systems
or control of nuclear reactors of submarines and ships
many nuclear war.
11.Linux programmers are often associated with living
“isolated
in the world, however, over 75% of the code developed
for the Linux kernel came from private sector developers.
In fact, large technology companies like Intel, Google,
IBM, AMD, Sun Microsystems, Dell, Asus, HP, Analog
Devices, Oracle, Novell or Red Hat help developing
applications, contributing to the core or pre-installing
any GNU / Linux their machines. In fact, during the 2003
Super Bowl (which paralyzes the United States and
remains glued to the TV for many Americans), IBM
delivered a beautiful ad talking about Linux and open
source options.
12.The GNU project in 1991, had no drivers and kernel,
that’s
what led to Linus Torvalds to address the Linux kernel
development. If GNU had had, perhaps, Torvalds had
not been put to work on that.
13.The Linux kernel is now the most widely ported
operating system, running on a great variety of
operating systems.
14.World known companies such as Google, Cisco,
Facebook, Twitter, Linked in etc use Linux as their main
operating system.