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3 days ago · Linux ( / ˈlɪnʊks /, LIN-uuks) [11] is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, [12] an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.
2 days ago · 3. Linus Torvalds. Linus Torvalds is regarded as one of history's greatest hackers. He gained prominence as the creator of Linux, a widely used Unix-based OS. Linux is open-source software, with tens of thousands of professional developers contributing to its Kernel.
5 days ago · Linus Torvalds originally designed Git to be a user space file system, i.e. the infrastructure to hold files and directories. That ensured the efficiency and speed of Git. Git archive
2 days ago · Sponsored by LF Energy, the report explores how open source drives innovation in the telecom, energy, automotive, financial, agriculture, media, and entertainment industries
2 days ago · Linus Torvalds first began developing Linux in 1991. In 2001, the introduction of the chroot mechanism in UNIX-like systems created isolated file environments, which jump-started the evolution of Linux containers. OpenVZ followed in 2005, providing isolated environments called virtual environments (VEs) that shared the Linux kernel.
2 days ago · Emeritus professor at VU Amsterdam, Andrew Tanenbaum, receives the prestigious ACM Software System Award for MINIX. This groundbreaking operating system, originally developed for educational purposes, has been applied in the most unexpected places. Tanenbaum’s creation not only inspired Linus Torvalds to create Linux but also influenced ...
4 days ago · Given support by Digital and by maddog, once Torvalds generalized the design of the kernel to support both chips, porting it to other architectures became much easier. Most mobile devices run a RISC chip from ARM, making it the most common processor architecture in the world. RISC has also made its way into laptops and data centers.
