On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 04:52:47AM -0700, hello wrote: >>>hello friends, >>> im ravi doing my graduation in >>>coimbatore,tamilnadu.im very much interested in >>>Linux.i want to know the features which differentiate >>>Linux from Unix.it may be in terms of memory >>>management,kernel etc.help me friends.
Hello Ravi, I will give you a link from the University of Berkeley,California, that will answer some of your doubts about Unix. The link is:- http://math.berkeley.edu/~tinsel/mathunix/seminar1.html Please also keep in mind the following:- 1. This is a Linux mailing list and not a Unix mailing list. 2. Please do a google search on "similarities between Unix and GNU/Linux" or "differences between Unix and GNU/linux", and please learn to use a search engine to find your answers before shooting questions to the list. Now, Linux is just the kernel(www.kernel.org), of an operating system known as GNU/Linux.The "Linux Kernel" was orginally developed by Linus Benedict Trovalds at the University of Helsinki,Finland, because he could not afford the commercial Unix operating systems variants that were used at that point of time in the Helsinki University labs. A kernel is only a small,but very crucial component of an operating system. In computer science, the kernel is the fundamental part of an operating system. It is piece of software that is responsible for providing secure access to the machine's hardware to various computer programs. It also performs tasks such as mutiplexing and harware abstractions. Linus Trovalds later released the "Linux Kernel" under the GNU General Public Licence (GNU GPL). Today many volunteers worldwide contribute to the "Linux Kernel" development. GNU/Linux is an operating system(Kernel+GNU libraries+applications) developed by the Free Software Foundation(www.gnu.org), founded by Mr.Richard Matthew Stallman,(www.gnu.org) and which uses the "Linux Kernel" for the GNU/Linux operating system. The Free Software Foundation adopted the "Linux Kernel" as the kernel for its GNU operating system now known as GNU/Linux only because GNU/HURD the orginally proposed kernel of the GNU operating system is not fit for day today use to this date. Work is still going on the "GNU/HURD Kernel" to make it fully functional asap. There is nothing as a "Linux Operating System",Linux is JUST the kernel of the GNU/Linux operating system,the fully functional operating system is called "GNU/Linux" giving respect that is due to the Free Software Foundation for 20 years of hard work for making the GNU/Linux operating functional as it is today. Regards, Vivek Varghese Cherian. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
