Is Linux a better desktop operating system than Microsoft Windows? - Softcover

Ratajczak, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3656903522 ISBN 13: 9783656903529

Publisher: Grin Verlag, 2015

Synopsis

Pre-University Paper from the year 2015 in the subject Computer Science - Software, , language: English, abstract: When we hear the name „Linux" we usually think about an operating system for nerds and other people with too much free time. Well, that's only partially true since Linux itself isn't an operating system. Linux is a core for operating systems which are built around it. The history of Linux dates back to the early nineties when Linus Torvalds, a student of computer science and a member of the Swedish minority of Finland started to write his own little operating system core just for fun. Later he mentioned this operating system core on a newsgroup and he also added the possibility of releasing it under the GPL - eventually he did so. This paper examines and compares technical aspects as well as everyday use and of Linux and Microsoft Windows.

Edition details

• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 3656903522
• ISBN 13: 9783656903529
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 28