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Transcript of Jesses Peguin Class 1a
Intro to Linux and Web Apps!
Class 1-a slide deck
What qualifies me to to teach you?
•• I worked as a Linux Support Technician for 9
months
• I currently work as a Unix/Linux Support Engineer
• I'm an avid Linux enthusiastI've taken a course in Linux at a college once
Why Linux?
• Develop and operate applications for the Interneto Facebook, Google, Reddit, Yahoo...
o Linux runs on any hardware
o Linux is free
o Scales to accommodate millions of users
• Open Source Revolutiono Linux is the first successful open source operating system
o Encourages forking and merging of projects
o Support provided by the community e.g. linuxquestions.org and stackoverflow.com
Why Linux?
• No college necessaryo Opportunities for brogramming, engineering, management
A Really quick history of Linux
•o Closed source OS developed in 1969 in Bell Labs (Which is in NJ)o Adopted by Berkley who cloned Unix, creating BSDo GNU Operating System
A full suite of utilities for operating computers written in C Was missing a kernel, the missing piece for their free OS
• Linux Historyo In 1991 Linus Torvalds releases the first free Unix-like kernelo GNU adopts the Linux kernel
Linux is informally adopted as the moniker for GNU/LinuxUnix History (before Linux)
Linux TodayLinus Torvalds is still the maintainer for the Linux kernel
and approves all merges.
He is prolific for his
bravado and vulgarity.
Linux Today
• Many distributionso Teams of people across the world fork GNU/Linuxo Purpose-built OS
Android RHEL Mint Linux