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Old January 12th, 2007, 11:34 AM
alvindewart alvindewart is offline
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What was linux intended for?
Could anybody tell me what was linux intended for and what way did it come about? any information would be grand, bit stuck with uni work here atm.
thanks, alvin.
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Old January 12th, 2007, 12:41 PM
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Old January 12th, 2007, 06:11 PM
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Linux came about for those that couldn't deal with Unix
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Old January 15th, 2007, 11:43 PM
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Linux was created so that Linus Torvalds could remotely dial into his University UNIX computer.

Next that he wanted to add the ability to move files from his university account to his own computer and back again.

After a while Linus published and it sort of grew from their. You may want to read "Just for Fun", its co-authored by Linus himself and thats where I got my Info from.



For an equivilent book about Richard Stallman read Free as in Freedom (best biography title ever!), its published for free on the internet too. http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/

Both books make for some good reading
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