1. A Brief Introduction to Linux Cheng-Han Du

2. History

3. GNU Founded by Richard Stallman GNU = GNU’s Not Unix Free software GPL, Copyleft

4. Linux Founded by Linus Torvalds Linux kernel

5. Linux Distribution Ubuntu Red Hat (Fedora) SUSE Mandriva

6. Shell A user interface using command lines bash, csh, ksh, …

7. Linux Desktop: GNOME

8. Linux Desktop: KDE

9. Why Linux? Many downloadable packages which are free of charge. Much better computation performance. Less system restriction on resources. Kernel is open-sourced and fully customizable.

10. Disadvantages of Linux Progress on device driver update  New hardware may not be operational when older Linux is in use. Something not expected may happen. Sometimes, you should work in terminal (command lines). You should “google” to solve your problem.

11. Recent Development Some companies sell computer with Linux system included.  Dell laptops  ASUS EeePC Many guidelines can be found online about installing Linux on desktop PC and laptops.  ThinkWiki