What makes Linux different from traditional Unix
- GNU Public License (GPL) for the Kernel and OS applications:
free to use; get the source; develop and disclose your source.
- The same Kernel and GNU C libraries (glibc) for different distributions:
if you can run an application on one kind of Linux, its a matter of setting
libraries to run it on the other distribution.
- Runs on various computer architectures: x86, SPARC, MAC, IBM, DEC.
- The fastest developing OS.
- Various vendor support.
- Strong community support.
The Linux best supported by the community
The best software packaging system, dpkg and APT
GPL Software availability through network via APT
Systems derived from Debian: Knoppix and Ubuntu