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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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