This document provides an overview of the GNU/Linux operating system. It discusses the history of GNU and Linux, including the founding of the GNU project by Richard Stallman in 1983 to create a free Unix-like operating system. It then describes how Linux, developed by Linus Torvalds in 1991, combined with GNU tools to form the GNU/Linux operating system. The document outlines key concepts of free software and open source as well as technical and economic advantages of GNU/Linux over proprietary operating systems.

1. GNU/Linux Operating System
>> freedom unplugged <<

2. Part 1
● History of GNU
● What is Free Software?
● Advantages – Technical and Echnomical
● Help and Support – The Community
● Free Software Alternatives
● Programming – Cpp - gcc

3. Part 2
● Installation Fedora 9
● Linux File System and Partitioning List
● Install of Additional Software
● Open Office – Writer,Calc,Impress,Base
● Mounting Devices – USB,Camera ..

4. License
Copyright (C) 2008 itpublic.in
Permission is granted to copy, distribute
and/or modify this document under the
terms of the GNU Free Documentation
License, Version 1.2 or any later version
published by the Free Software
Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no
Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover
Texts. A copy of the license is included in
the section entitled "GNU Free
Documentation License".

5. Part I - Concept

6. General Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows GNU/Linux Mac Os X

7. Unix Operating Systems
UNIX
LINUX BSD SunOS

8. History :: The GNU Project
Richard Stallman (RMS) Richard Matthew Stallman
 An American software freedom
activist, hacker (programmer) and
software developer
 Launched the GNU Project In
September 1983
 Idea was to create a free Unix-like
operating system
 Started the free software movement
 In October 1985, setup the Free
Software Foundation.
 The concept of Copyleft.

9. The GNU Project (continuation)
GNU Project
 The GNU Project is a free software, mass collaboration project.
 The founding goal of the project was to develop "a sufficient
body of free software to get along without any software that is
not free.“
 GNU is a recursive acronym that stands for "GNU's Not Unix"
 This goal was achieved in 1992 when a kernel, was filled by a
third-party Unix-style kernel called "Linux"
Wildebeest (gnu), native to Africa

10. History :: The Linux Kernel
● In 1991, in Helsinki,
Linus Torvalds began a
project that later
became the Linux kernel
● The Kernal Linux and
GNU tools combined .
● It become GNU/Linux
Linus Benedict Torvalds

11. What is Free Software ?
● Free as in Freedom
● Not
● Free chocolate

12. Freedoms
 Freedom 0 :: The freedom to run the program, for any
purpose.
 Freedom 1 :: The freedom to study how the program
works, and adapt it to your needs . (Access to the source
code is a precondition for this.)
 Freedom 2 :: The freedom to redistribute copies so you
can help your neighbour
 Freedom 3 :: The freedom to improve the program, and
release your improvements to the public, so that the
whole community benefits. (Access to the source code is
a precondition for this.)

13. Advantages
● Technical
● 100% free from virus
● Faster Bug Fixing
● More Secure – [no back doors]
● Echnomical
● The Software is free [freely available]
● Can Distribute [use any number of computers]
● No License fee to use

14. Help and Support
● Community support
● Members worldwide to solve your problem
● Free of cost
● Local
● Linux Users Groups
– ilug-tvm,ilug-tsr,ossics,it@school
● Paid Support
– Focus computers

15. Forums and Websites
● www.fedoraproject.org
● www.ubuntu.com
● www.linuxforums.org
● www.linuxquestions.org
● www.linuxforum.com
● www.ubuntuforums.com
● www.linuxhomenetworking.com

16. Distirbutions
 Debian
 Ubuntu
 IT@School
 Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 Fedora
 CentOS
 Mandriva
 Slackware
 Linspire … More 200 Distros

18. Linux In Mobiles
Motorola RAZR2,
uses embedded Linux
 Motorola mobile, generally based
on MontaVista Linux, include the
RAZR² V8, Motorola RAZR² V8,
ROKR E2, ROKR E6, A780, E680,
A910, A1200
 Nokia's N810 N800
 Panasonic P901i
 Philips LPC3180
 Open Moko – Neo Freerunner

19. Linux on Super Computers
● IBM's Super
Computer
● Blue Gene/L
● L – Linux
● The 2005 Top500 list of
Supercomputers shows
that 4 of the top 5 fastest
supercomputers use Linux
as their operating system.

20. Free Software Alternatives
● Open Office
● MS Office
● Internet Explorer
● Firefox
● Outlook Express
● Thunder Bird
● Photoshop
● Gimp
● Page Maker ● Scribus
● Corel Draw ● Inkscape
● Winamp ● XMMS
● Windows Media Player ● Mplayer
● Nero ● K3b
● 3d Max ● Blender
● Visual Studio ● Eclipse,Netbeans,Komodo
● Google Talk,Yahoo messenger ● pidigin

21. Thunder Bird

22. Open Office

23. Firefox

24. Gimp

25. K3b

26. XMMS - Mplayer

27. 3D

28. Open Films
● Films without copy write
● Animation using Blender
● Source Code Available

30. Web Cam - Chatting

31. More …
● Educational Programmes
● Kde edu
● Gcompris Educational Suite
● Windows Simulator – WINE
● Gcc – CPP compiler
● SCIM – Local Language Input

32. 3D Desktop – Compiz fusion

33. Gnome
Gnu Network Object Model Environment
Mainly C,
as GTK+ is
written in
C
~180MB

34. Kde-K Desktop
Mainly C++,
as Qt is
written in C+
+
~210MB Min

35. Localisation
● SCIM-smart common input method
● Support 14 Indian Languages
● Support Unicode
● Computing in Local Language
● മലയാളം എഴതക എളപമാണ് ...

36. it@school
● Schools in kerala in linux
● KSEB in linux
● Co-operative societies in linux

37. Bad Vista
● Product License → Service License
● OOXML → Mircrosoft Web Standards
● Software Back Doors
● Virus and Spam Attacks

39. Thanks