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"Dennis Ritchie in 1975. The linux operating system was developed by (and named for) Linus Torvalds (b. 1970), a second-year student of computer science at the University of Helsinki. Torvalds permitted his operating system to be distributed free; it subsequently gained ground as alternative to Windows on enterprise and Web servers. The Open Source Software Movement Concurrent with the rise of linux, other application developers were touting the acceptance of open source software—applications whose underlying code lies in the public domain, and could be distributed free of charge." - The New York Times, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind (Get the book.)

"The computers come loaded with linux and are ready for classroom use. Yet while recycled computers are attractively cheap, they're also hazardous waste Opposite, left: The goal of the One Laptop per Child program is to make computers a tool every child can use. Opposite, right: Free Geek turns out-of-date computers into useable desktops for low-income users." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.) "Some heavy-hitting industry analysts are already predicting that the open-source linux will pass Microsoft Windows to become the most popular operating system on the planet by the end of the decade. Open-source software would, by itself, be an important tool, but the real revolution of open source is the model itself. All around the world, people are putting the principles of open collaboration to work on all manner of projects, which far transcend the world of software. What started as a way to make better and freer software is unfolding into a model for making a better and freer future." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.) "Today, linux is just one of a vast number of open-source software projects. You can find high-quality open-source projects for videoconferencing, Web browsing, programming, word processing, making spreadsheets, modeling in three dimensions, mapping, online collaboration, and so on. These are the cultural riches of the twenty-first century—a beautiful and functional heritage of technology open for all to use, learn from, and build upon. As in other open cultural arenas where anyone can contribute or start new projects, the material produced using open-source software varies in quality." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.) "The prototype "green machine," unveiled in Tunisia at a United Nation's technology summit, runs on linux software and sports a color LCD screen, 500-megahertz processor, wireless broadband, DVD drive, and 500 megabytes of flash memory. Mesh networking capability allows the machine to communicate with its nearest neighbors, creating an ad hoc local network. A hand crank allows users to charge the battery far away from the electrical grid. The goal for production models is for one minute of cranking to generate enough battery power for a hundred minutes of use." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Operating systems, such as Windows or linux, deal only with the workings of the hardware and are separate from software programs, parallel a type of external port used to connect printers and other similar devices. path the collection of folders and subfolders (listed in order of hierarchy) that hold a particular file, peer-to-peer (P2P) a communications network where two or more computers work together as equals, without the benefit of a central server." - The New York Times, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind (Get the book.) "There are many different flavors of linux, many of which are freely distributed under open source guidelines. liquid crystal display (LCD) a flat-screen display where images are created by light transmitted through a layer of liquid crystals. local area network (LAN) a system that enables users to connect PCs to one another or to minicomputers or mainframes. macro a series of instmctions in a simple coding language, used to automate procedures in a computer application, document, or template." - The New York Times, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind (Get the book.) "The Open Source Software Movement Concurrent with the rise of linux, other application developers were touting the acceptance of open source software—applications whose underlying code lies in the public domain, and could be distributed free of charge. The open source movement believes that when programmers can modify and redistribute program code at no cost, the software evolves faster than it would if distributed through traditional commercial means." - The New York Times, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind (Get the book.)

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