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   indows  ista                indows Server              indows                 Windows 8

           indows                      indows
         mong  all  its  versions    indows      is  the  latest  version  of   indows  Operating  System  released  on
        October 5      .

        Features of Windows
          It is user friendly operating system.
          It provides  Multi tasking  feature that means many applications can be opened at the same point of time.
          It is available in   I   raphical  ser Interface  form.
          It is network friendly  i.e.  it provides easy accessibility to internet and to   N.

          In  indows  using and removing peripheral devices can be done easily.
          It supports the latest graphics  sound and multimedia software to run on it.

        GNU-Linux
         N - inux is a popular operating system that comes in various distributions. Some of
        the  inux distributions are  buntu   inux Mint   ebian   rch  inux  elementary OS.  inux
        operating system is similar to  indows operating system with some exceptional features
        that make it a useful and flexible operating system.  evelopment of  inux operating
        system started in     .

         inux operating system comes in open source  i.e.  its programming code is available free.  he free availability
        of the code has led to fast improvement in the development of  inux operating system.  ny one can use it
        and add features to it to enhance its functionality to suit his needs. One can also redesign it and distribute or
        release its developed version to others.

         nother significant feature of  inux is that it is  uite reliable and if bug occurs  one can easily contact the
        open source community and resolve the problem. It is the backbone of many ma or computing centers
        around the world.
        History of Linux

        In          en   hompson  and   ennis   itchie  developed  a  small  general  purpose  operating  system  called
         NI .  round        NI  was licensed to universities for educational purposes which after a few years was
        commercially available.

        In        ichard s Stallman s Free Software Foundation  FSF  began the  N    enuinely Not  nix  pro ect to
        create a free version of  NI  operating system but was not fully completed.
                Do you know?



                 ux   the penguin is the o cial mascot of  inux operating system.



        In       a  utch professor   ndrew S.  annenbaum developed a clone of  NI  and named it  Minix.  he code
        of Minix operating system was freely available to all aspirants.
         he  inux operating system was developed by a young second year student of  omputer Science   inus
         enedict  orvalds  at the  niversity of  elsinki  Finland in the year     .  inus developed a kernel and named
        it as  inux.



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