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2.00 Linux

  • Unix-like computer operating system

  • Based on a Linux kernel # (1991 Linus Torvalds started working on the Linux kernel)

  • Includes system utilities and libraries from the GNU Project # (Founded by Richard Stallman in 1984)

  • Follows the philosophy of the open source movement

  • 71% of code was written in the c programing language

  • In 2001 Red Hat 7.1 contained 30million source lines of code

    • It was estimated that it would:

      • Take eight thousand man-years of development time

      • It would cost 1.08 billion dollars

  • Debian GNU /Linux version 2.2 contained 55million source line code
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