2. BACKGROUND ON LINUX
Version of UNIX
Linus Torvalds – Creator of
Linux
Open Source Operating
System
Free Software
Source Code Available
3. WHERE IS LINUX USED?
75% of respondents were
already using Linux and
another 14% were evaluating it
43% of all web sites use Linux
servers running the Apache
Web server
5. UBUNTU
• Well Known Distribitiom
• Super Desktop and Server
• GNOME2 Desktop
• Relaese Every 6 month new
update
• Nice Perfomance
6. LINUX MINT
• Mint is Linux Distributor built
on top of ubantu.
• same package.
• Include media codecs.
• Traditional desktop.
• Automatically update.
7. DEBIAN
• Debian Project has operating
since 1993.
• Slower camper to ubantu and
mint.
• Frequently updated.
• User Friendly.
8. FEDORA
• Easy to install Graphic driver.
• Use Bleeding Edge.
• 3GNOME Desktop.
• Good performance.
9. RED HAT
• One of the earliest players in the
game.
• Red Hat now position itself
strongly in the business market.
• Super Desktop and Server.
• Stable Platform.
10. SUSE
• Sponsored by Red het..
• SuSE Perchaed By novell in
2003.
• Good Perfomance.
• Vary fast.
• 10% used .
11. • Red Hat: One of the earliest players in the
game, Red Hat now position itself strongly in
the business market. It has created a
community-supported distribution, fedora Core,
which is the choice of many for desktop use.
• Debian: The most popular community-created
distribution. Debian is an excellent choice for
server environments. Debian has also been
used as the base for many specialist
distributions
12. • Ubuntu: Desktop usability, out of the box.
Taglined "Linux for human beings,” Based on
Debian.
• SUSE: Novell's answer to Red Hat, comes in
“enterprise” and a community-based Open
SUSE
• All Distributions have their
respective strengths.
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15. CONCLUSION
“When is it best to use Linux
and when should some other
operating system be
preferred?”
• It all depends on the user
