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+ | It is a free and open source operating system released in 1991 under the GNU GPL license.GPL allows anyone | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | MAC computers are related to Linux because they are also based on UNIX | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | A popular distribution of Linux operating system is called Ubuntu. | ||
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+ | REF: [[http:// | ||
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+ | ====== Some useful information about linux ====== | ||
=== Environment variables and PATH === | === Environment variables and PATH === |
mkatari-bioinformatics-august-2013-introlinuxnotes.txt · Last modified: 2015/06/11 11:50 by mkatari