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-====== Introduction to Linux ======
+[[mkatari-bioinformatics-august-2013|Back to Manny's Bioinformatics Workshop Home]]
-====== Environment variables and PATH ======
+====== What is Linux ? ======
+It is a free and open source operating system released in 1991 under the GNU GPL license.GPL allows anyone to use, modify and redistribute with the requirement that they pass it on with the same license.
+It is the leading operating system of choice for servers such as supercomputers.
+More than 90% of the top 500 fastest computers are based on Linux.
+MAC computers are related to Linux because they are also based on UNIX
+Depending on the purpose of the Linux machine, it may or may not have a Desktop environment that we are familiar with on our personal computers. Linux uses X Window System to provide the Desktop environment.
+A popular distribution of Linux operating system is called Ubuntu.
+REF: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux]]
+====== Some useful information about linux ======
+=== Environment variables and PATH ===
 All variables that are set in your environment can be found by using