• 1 minute 34 seconds
    Introducing Linux
    Some say Leenix, some Leenux, some say Linux. So how do you say it?
    18 August 2011, 4:13 am
  • Transcript -- Introducing Linux
    Transcript -- Some say Leenix, some Leenux, some say Linux. So how do you say it?
    18 August 2011, 4:13 am
  • 5 minutes 31 seconds
    Linux - Origins
    Richard Stallman broke free of the closed proprietary world of UNIX computing when he announced the GNU project in 1983. But GNU needed a kernel. In 2001 Linus Torvalds gave it one. Audio courtesy of Christian Einfeldt and crew of the Digital Tipping Point project, under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. Richard Stallman must be quoted in entire sentences only.
    18 August 2011, 4:12 am
  • Transcript -- Linux - Origins
    Transcript -- Richard Stallman broke free of the closed proprietary world of UNIX computing when he announced the GNU project in 1983. But GNU needed a kernel. In 2001 Linus Torvalds gave it one. Audio courtesy of Christian Einfeldt and crew of the Digital Tipping Point project, under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. Richard Stallman must be quoted in entire sentences only.
    18 August 2011, 4:12 am
  • 6 minutes 39 seconds
    Linux - Open Source Software
    When the open source community use the word free they mean freedom; the freedom to use software in any way that you want, the freedom to alter it and the freedom to give it away. Audio courtesy of Christian Einfeldt and crew of the Digital Tipping Point project, under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. Richard Stallman must be quoted in entire sentences only.
    18 August 2011, 4:11 am
  • Transcript -- Linux - Open Source Software
    Transcript -- When the open source community use the word free they mean freedom; the freedom to use software in any way that you want, the freedom to alter it and the freedom to give it away. Audio courtesy of Christian Einfeldt and crew of the Digital Tipping Point project, under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. Richard Stallman must be quoted in entire sentences only.
    18 August 2011, 4:11 am
  • 5 minutes 14 seconds
    Linux - Distros, dogs and the UNIX family
    Linux like the pet dog comes in many breeds, known as distributions or distros. In the same way that all dogs are descended from wolves all distros are descended from Gnu/Linux and the different types are bred for specific purposes.
    18 August 2011, 4:10 am
  • Transcript -- Linux - Distros, dogs and the UNIX family
    Transcript -- Linux like the pet dog comes in many breeds, known as distributions or distros. In the same way that all dogs are descended from wolves all distros are descended from Gnu/Linux and the different types are bred for specific purposes.
    18 August 2011, 4:10 am
  • 6 minutes 42 seconds
    Linux in everyday life - from smart-phones to supercomputers
    Linux runs on everything from your workaday wireless router to CERN’s most powerful super-computer. Apache – the wide world’s web server of choice – is Linux based, as is your Android Smartphone and your local cash machine.
    18 August 2011, 4:09 am
  • Transcript -- Linux in everyday life - from smart-phones to supercomputers
    Transcript -- Linux runs on everything from your workaday wireless router to CERN’s most powerful super-computer. Apache – the wide world’s web server of choice – is Linux based, as is your Android Smartphone and your local cash machine.
    18 August 2011, 4:09 am
  • 6 minutes 15 seconds
    Linux and cloud computing
    The future is now and the buzz word is Cloud. The Amazon and Google Cloud services represent a new dawn in the computer age, taking the strain away from your desk and laptops, virtual machines process your information nebulously. The servers that make this possible all run Linux based software. At the same time the Android and iPhone operating systems are dominating the mobile device market.
    18 August 2011, 4:08 am
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