History
Firstly i want to talk about a short history of Linux. It is an open- source operating system that has a large number of users all over the world.Linus Torvalds , a computer engineer ,has created Linux and used for his computer works in the beginning .He started to write shell scripts in 1991.Linus Torvalds shared his open-source codes on the internet ,a lot of users joined and developed this cool os;Linux.The shell ,which Linus Torvalds improved ,became an amazing element of GNU in a short time.Free programs whose codes were written for GNU were renewed for the Linux Shell.
Hint:GNU is an open-open source operating system which is created as a project in 1984.The word "GNU" is an abbreviation of "GNU’s Not Unix!".We use GNU with the Linux kernel.
Where is the Linux used?
You are probably a Linux user,if you have Android Os on your cell phone.Linux is at mobil industry,servers,networks,Good performance,free usage,security,open-source and developing codes are reasons of being preferred.Popular Linux distributions
Ubuntu,Mint,Debian,Fedora,Red Hat Enterprise,Suse are most known Linux distributions.Where to Start?
You should to visit a distribution site and begin to download set up but if you don't have much time for this and wonders Linux ,you can use online Linux terminals an desktops .I will give informations and show some screen images of these sites which i prefer more.Ok ,Let's take a look:
1) http://tour.ubuntu.com/
This Ubuntu official site helps you to take a tour of Ubuntu Desktop.You will meet with hints such as Browse Files,View photos,Find apps,Create documents etc...You will find infos about programs on Ubuntu.
-Ubuntu tour image with hints.
Hint:The word "Ubuntu" comes from African Language .
2) http://www.webminal.org/
You can get access to Fedora Linux by this address.First you register to webminal and then sign in .Click terminal and enter to the system with user name and password.For developing your Linux skills,use this online terminal.This site has Linux lessons and practises.