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#+TITLE: Replacements for Windows Operating System |
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#+AUTHOR: Anoop Jacob Thomas |
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#+EMAIL: info@fossee.in |
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#+DATE: 2011-05-10 Tue |
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#+DESCRIPTION: |
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#+LANGUAGE: en |
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#+OPTIONS: H:3 num:nil toc:t \n:nil @:t ::t |:t ^:t -:t f:t *:t <:t |
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#+OPTIONS: TeX:t LaTeX:t skip:nil d:nil todo:t pri:nil tags:not-in-toc email:nil author:nil timestamp:nil creator:nil |
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#+INFOJS_OPT: view:t home:software.html toc:nil ltoc:t mouse:underline buttons:0 path:http://orgmode.org/org-info.js |
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#+EXPORT_SELECT_TAGS: export |
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#+EXPORT_EXCLUDE_TAGS: noexport |
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#+LINK_HOME: |
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* GNU/Linux (/Recommended/) |
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** About GNU/Linux |
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GNU/Linux refers to the family of Unix-like computer operating systems |
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using the Linux kernel. Linux can be installed on a wide variety of |
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computer hardware, ranging from mobile phones, tablet computers and |
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video game consoles, to mainframes and supercomputers. GNU/Linux is a |
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leading server operating system, and runs the 10 fastest |
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supercomputers in the world. http://www.gnu.org/ |
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There are several distributions of GNU/Linux available. A Linux |
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distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems |
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built on top of the Linux kernel. There are currently over six hundred |
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GNU/Linux distributions. Some of the commonly used distributions are; |
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1. Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com |
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2. Debian - http://www.debian.org |
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3. Red Hat Linux - http://www.redhat.com |
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4. Fedora - http://fedoraproject.org/ |
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5. Open suse - http://www.opensuse.org |
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** Where GNU/Linux can be used |
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- General purpose computing |
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- Administration and organization |
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- Computer Science and Information Technology (and all related areas and subdomains) |
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- Electrical and Electronics Engineering (and all related areas and subdomains) |
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- Mechanical Engineering |
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- Civil Engineering |
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- Chemical Engineering |
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- Aerospace |
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- Physics |
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- Chemistry |
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- Biology, Biomedical engineering and Bio-informatics |
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- Mathematics and Statistics |
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** Learning Resources for GNU/Linux |
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- The Linux Documentation Project: http://tldp.org/ |
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- Spoken Tutorials: http://spoken-tutorial.org/Study_Plan_Linux |
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- http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/newto/ |
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- https://help.ubuntu.com/ |
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- http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/start.en.html |
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** Support |
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- Canonical |
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- Red Hat |
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- Novell |
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- IBM |
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** Where GNU/Linux is used |
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay |
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- Bhaskaracharya Pratishthana, Pune |
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- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi |
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras |
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- IT@School, Kerala |