1 #+TITLE:     Replacements for Windows Operating System

     2 #+AUTHOR:    Anoop Jacob Thomas

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     4 #+DATE:      2011-05-10 Tue

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    17 * GNU/Linux (/Recommended/)

    18 ** About GNU/Linux

    19 GNU/Linux refers to the family of Unix-like computer operating systems

    20 using the Linux kernel. Linux can be installed on a wide variety of

    21 computer hardware, ranging from mobile phones, tablet computers and

    22 video game consoles, to mainframes and supercomputers. GNU/Linux is a

    23 leading server operating system, and runs the 10 fastest

    24 supercomputers in the world. http://www.gnu.org/

    25 

    26 There are several distributions of GNU/Linux available. A Linux

    27 distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems

    28 built on top of the Linux kernel. There are currently over six hundred

    29 GNU/Linux distributions. Some of the commonly used distributions are;

    30 

    31 1. Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com

    32 2. Debian - http://www.debian.org

    33 3. Red Hat Linux -  http://www.redhat.com

    34 4. Fedora - http://fedoraproject.org/

    35 5. Open suse - http://www.opensuse.org

    36 

    37 #** List of Courses/Subjects/Areas where GNU/Linux can be used

    38 #   - yet to be added

    39 

    40 * Where GNU/Linux can be used

    41 

    42     - General purpose computing

    43     - Administration and organization

    44     - Computer Science and Information Technology (and all related areas and subdomains)

    45     - Electrical and Electronics Engineering (and all related areas and subdomains)

    46     - Mechanical Engineering

    47     - Civil Engineering

    48     - Chemical Engineering

    49     - Aerospace

    50     - Physics

    51     - Chemistry

    52     - Biology, Biomedical engineering and Bio-informatics

    53     - Mathematics and Statistics

    54 

    55 ** Learning Resources for GNU/Linux

    56    - The Linux Documentation Project: http://tldp.org/

    57    - Spoken Tutorials: http://spoken-tutorial.org/Study_Plan_Linux

    58    - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/newto/

    59    - https://help.ubuntu.com/

    60    - http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/start.en.html

    61 

    62 ** Support

    63    - Canonical

    64    - Red Hat

    65    - Novell

    66    - IBM

    67 

    68 ** Where GNU/Linux is used

    69     - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

    70     - Bhaskaracharya Pratishthana, Pune

    71     - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

    72     - Indian Institute of Technology Madras

    73     - IT@School, Kerala