Category: Linux 101

  • Linux 101 #2: Free software is a choice and Linux distro’s

    Linux 101 #2: Free software is a choice and Linux distro’s

    It stuns me to see how many enterprises and organizations still chose to use closed proprietary software such as Windows, Active Server Pages, Sharepoint, Office Suite, etc. While there are perfect alternatives available as free software (free to use and adapt). Not only is using software such as Linux, MariaDB, Nginx free, they also are much…

  • Linux 101 #1: The history of Linux

    Linux 101 #1: The history of Linux

    History of Linux In 1991, a Finnish student called Linus Torvalds started a project that would later be known as ‘The Linux kernel’. This Unix-based kernel is found in all distributions of Linux, whether it is Redhat, Fedora, CentOs, Ubuntu, … When Linus started his project, he initially thought of it becoming something ‘not serious’…