Seminar Before Weekend

Topic : GNU/Linux & Open Source

Time : Friday 13.07.2007 , 18: 00

Venue : International Student Plaza,

2nd Floor of No.1 Building

Presenter : Aydın Tarık Zengin

Contents

What is GNU? GNU History and Philosophy What did Stallman do? What is Linux? Advantages of GNU/Linux Platforms Some Interesting Features of GNU/Linux

What is GNU?Pronunciation : (Guh-noo) , not G.N.U.

Free Operating System ConceptionGNU = Freedom

It promises;

The freedom to run the program

The freedom to study how the program works

The freedom to redistribute copies

The freedom to improve the program

GNU History

Richard StallmanGNU – Free Software Foundation

MIT AI Lab1980 : Challenge with Xerox1983, GNU Project

•Shared his ideas with the world.

What did Stallman do? "Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To

understand the concept, you should think of "free speech", not "free beer."

GPL - GNU General Public License Mechanism to protect the modification & redistribution http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

CopyLeft Method for making free http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/

What is Linux?

The Kernel

Linus Torvalds, 1991

Publicly available under GNU GPL

GNU/Linux! and not just ''Linux''

The big problem :

•How can we pronounce it?

Advantages of GNU/Linux Low Cost

Stability

No need to reboot, no Freeze Up, no Slow Down

Performance

Benchmark leader Network Friendliness

Flexibility

Modular Design

Like a puzzle Multitasking

Handle large numbers of users

Security

User Permissions, Administration, No virus danger

Open Source

Funny :)

Platforms

X86 PowerPC Sparc MIPS

MIPS64 ARM Alpha Atmel AVR

Some of the Platforms that GNU/Linux supports

Some Interesting Features

No need to reboot Hundreds of days uptimes No BSOD No need to do defragmentation No need to use Antivirus & Firewall

Commercial Support

Discussion

Thank you very much.

Stallman & Torvalds present us free equivalents. So, why do you pay hundreds of dollars for the others?