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1 #+TITLE: Replacements for Windows Operating System |
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2 #+AUTHOR: Anoop Jacob Thomas |
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3 #+EMAIL: info@fossee.in |
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4 #+DATE: 2011-05-10 Tue |
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17 * GNU/Linux (/Recommended/) |
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18 ** About GNU/Linux |
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19 GNU/Linux refers to the family of Unix-like computer operating systems |
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20 using the Linux kernel. Linux can be installed on a wide variety of |
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21 computer hardware, ranging from mobile phones, tablet computers and |
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22 video game consoles, to mainframes and supercomputers. GNU/Linux is a |
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23 leading server operating system, and runs the 10 fastest |
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24 supercomputers in the world. http://www.gnu.org/ |
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25 |
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26 There are several distributions of GNU/Linux available. A Linux |
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27 distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems |
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28 built on top of the Linux kernel. There are currently over six hundred |
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29 GNU/Linux distributions. Some of the commonly used distributions are; |
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30 |
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31 1. Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com |
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32 2. Debian - http://www.debian.org |
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33 3. Red Hat Linux - http://www.redhat.com |
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34 4. Fedora - http://fedoraproject.org/ |
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35 5. Open suse - http://www.opensuse.org |
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36 |
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37 #** List of Courses/Subjects/Areas where GNU/Linux can be used |
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38 # - yet to be added |
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39 |
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40 * Where GNU/Linux can be used |
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41 |
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42 - General purpose computing |
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43 - Administration and organization |
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44 - Computer Science and Information Technology (and all related areas and subdomains) |
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45 - Electrical and Electronics Engineering (and all related areas and subdomains) |
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46 - Mechanical Engineering |
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47 - Civil Engineering |
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48 - Chemical Engineering |
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49 - Aerospace |
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50 - Physics |
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51 - Chemistry |
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52 - Biology, Biomedical engineering and Bio-informatics |
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53 - Mathematics and Statistics |
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54 |
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55 ** Learning Resources for GNU/Linux |
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56 - The Linux Documentation Project: http://tldp.org/ |
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57 - Spoken Tutorials: http://spoken-tutorial.org/Study_Plan_Linux |
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58 - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/newto/ |
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59 - https://help.ubuntu.com/ |
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60 - http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/start.en.html |
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61 |
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62 ** Support |
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63 - Canonical |
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64 - Red Hat |
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65 - Novell |
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66 - IBM |
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67 |
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68 ** Where GNU/Linux is used |
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69 - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay |
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70 - Bhaskaracharya Pratishthana, Pune |
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71 - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi |
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72 - Indian Institute of Technology Madras |
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73 - IT@School, Kerala |