Linux began in 1991 as a personal project by Finnish student Linus Torvalds: to create a new free operating system kernel. The resulting Linux kernel has been marked by constant growth throughout its history. Since the initial release of its source code in 1991, it has grown from a small number of C files under a license prohibiting commercial distribution to the 4.15 version in 2018 with more than 23.3 million lines of source code, not counting comments, under the GNU General Public License v2.
The next thing we wanted the answer to was who created Linux and when?
Linux, a freely distributable version of UNIX is developed by Linus Torvalds. Linux is one of the most popular operating systems to use for development by programmers. This tutorial will take a deep dive into the history of Linux.
Where does linux come from?
Linus Torvalds created Linux when he was a student at the University of Helsinki studying computer science. In early 1991 he purchased an IBM-compatible personal computer that came with the MS-DOS operating system. Linus wasn’t satisfied with MS-DOS and wanted to use a UNIX operating system like he was accustomed to at the University.
How Linux kernel was developed?
In 1991, while studying computer science at University of Helsinki, Linus Torvalds began a project that later became the Linux kernel.
You should be wondering “What is Linux kernel?”
Linux is a family of free and open-source software operating systems built around the Linux kernel. The defining component of Linux is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds.
What is Linux and how does it work?
First and foremost, Linux is an operating system. An operating system is simply a collection of software that manages hardware resources and provides an environment where applications can run. The operating system allows applications to store information, send documents to printers, interact with users and other things. Linux is also a kernel.
The operating system allows applications to store information, send documents to printers, interact with users and other things. Linux is also a kernel. Typically, when the term “Linux” is used, it refers to the Linux operating system as a whole.
The Linux operating system is a collaboration between millions of developers all around the world, involving the GNU Project, the Linux kernel development team (headed by Torvalds), and others. That is why the correct way to refer to any Linux operating system using GNU is GNU/Linux.
Why did Linus Torvalds create Linux?
In 1991, while attending the University of Helsinki, Torvalds became curious about operating systems. Frustrated by the licensing of MINIX, which at the time limited it to educational use only, he began to work on his own operating system kernel, which eventually became the Linux kernel.