Linux

What is Linux? & where did Linux come from?

Linux is an operating system that was initially created as a hobby by a young student, Linus Torvalds, at the University of Helsinki in Finland. Linus had an interest in Minix, a small UNIX system, and decided to develop a system that exceeded the Minix standards. He began his work in 1991 when he released version 0.02 and worked steadily until 1994 when version 1.0 of the Linux Kernel was released. The kernel, at the heart of all Linux systems, is developed and released under the GNU General Public License and its source code is freely available to everyone. It is this kernel that forms the base around which a Linux operating system is developed. There are now literally hundreds of companies and organizations and an equal number of individuals that have released their own versions of operating systems based on the Linux kernel.

More information about the story of Linux can be found at: http://www.linux.org/info/index.html

So how can Linux help you as a business?

The cost factor

Ultimately, cost savings is one key factor for considering Linux.  The other primary factor is freedom from licensing dominance that occurs in any non-Opensource environment.  Linux is enabling large and small corporations worldwide to end one of their most significant overhead costs with relative ease.  More companies today are migrating to Linux from other Operating Systems than ever before in history. 

Functionality and Robustness

Linux's functionality, adaptability and robustness, has made it the main alternative for proprietary Unix and Microsoft operating systems. IBM, Hewlett-Packard and other giants of the computing world have embraced Linux and support its ongoing development. Well into its second decade of existence, Linux has been adopted worldwide primarily as a server platform .

Please feel free to contact us to see how Linux can help you and your business.