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Linux Essentials - Second Edition
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Although Linux’s birth date of 1991 is recent by most historical standards, in the computer world 25 years is an eternity. The software and culture in the early 1990s, and even before then, has conveyed quite a legacy to today’s software world. After all, what we use today is built atop the foundation that was created in the past. Thus looking at how Linux originated will help you understand Linux as it exists today.
In 1991, as is also true today, computers were classified by their sizes and capabilities. Computers could belong to any of a handful of categories, ranging from desktop personal computers (PCs) to supercomputers. x86-based computers, which are the direct ancestors of today’s PCs, dominated the PC marketplace of 1991; however, other types of PCs were available, including Macs. Such computers generally used different CPUs and ran their own custom OSs.
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