Difination OF LINUX

[THE REAPER]

This may sound stupid but I would like to know what everybody thinks the true difination of LINUX is. :) :rolleyes:

[Helius]

It's an OS, not more, not less...and it's :cool:

[THE REAPER]

I know that but I am trying to inspire my computer teacher how cool it really is. And if I succede then I will be able to help run the network. :cool:

[FoBoT]

BTW- welcome to LNO :)

but we don't like cross/double posting
this is a good post for rants, like you already did, but is too vague and subjective for General (IMHO)

have a nice day! :)

[THE REAPER]

Sorry about that.

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by THE REAPER:
Sorry about that.

its http://home.istar.ca/~meandro/otay2.JPG ;)

[ 02 April 2001: Message edited by: 9223 ]

[bdg1983]

but we don't like cross/double posting


I'm supposed to say that. Trying to put me out of a job? ;)

[Bradmont]

Nabbed from the debian install docs:

1.2 What is GNU/Linux?

The GNU Project has developed a comprehensive set of free software tools for use with Unix? and Unix-like operating systems such as Linux. These tools enable users to perform tasks ranging from the mundane (such as copying or removing files from the system) to the arcane (such as writing and compiling programs or doing sophisticated editing in a variety of document formats).

An operating system consists of various fundamental programs which are needed by your computer so that it can communicate and receive instructions from users; read and write data to hard disks, tapes, and printers; control the use of memory; and run other software. The most important part of an operating system is the kernel. In a GNU/Linux system, Linux is the kernel component. The rest of the system consists of other programs, many of which were written by or for the GNU Project. Because the Linux kernel alone does not form a working operating system, we prefer to use the term ``GNU/Linux'' to refer to systems that many people casually refer to as ``Linux''.

The Linux kernel first appeared in 1991, when a Finnish computing science student named Linus Torvalds announced an early version of a replacement kernel for Minix to the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.minix. See Linux International's Linux History Page.

Linus Torvalds continues to coordinate the work of several hundred developers with the help of a few trusty deputies. An excellent weekly summary of discussions on the linux-kernel mailing list is Kernel Traffic. More information about the linux-kernel mailing list can be found on the linux-kernel mailing list FAQ.

[Dangerboy]

If you want to impress your teacher, then install the system on a laptop, get EVERYTHING working, and then make Linux look good. You know, nice theme, play some tunes, maybe even a DVD. If not DVD, then a VideoCD or a short mpg. 3D games do impress. Use programs that are easy to use and look good. Show off features Linux/XWindows has that Windoze doesn't. Things like transparent window backgrounds, multiple desktops, multiple windows managers, windows shading. Oh, and don't forget to show your teacher the amount of awesome free software that comes with distros. Things like Vim, Gimp, Konquerer, KOffice, ETerm, etc. (can you tell I'm a KDE user?? hehe) I like Enlightenment's look and feel best, but it is still in developement.

I'm not sure about networking features, but I know Linux rocks there best so you should have no problem showing that off. I view Linux mainly as a Desktop environment, but if I ever have a need for a network, I will choose Linux over Windoze any day.

I had talked about Linux at work and everyone thought I was blowing hot steam until I brought in Mandrake 7.2 on a laptop and showed it to them. Needless to say everyone was impressed and had no idea Linux had advanced that far.

[Molecule Man]

If you want any easy demo that is unlikely to fail, show it off as an FTP server or game server. More impressive, but harder is as a SAMBA server. If you can borrow two computers, you could setup NIS authentication, and other nifty server stuff.

I really like the idea of remote authentication. From what I have read, it shouldn't be terribly hard to implement in linux.