Linux

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This project is meant to help people understand how the internals of Linux work. By studying the learning materials here you will hopefully come away with a better understanding of source code, programming, Linux, the history of Linux (e.g. History of the Linux kernel), operating systems, and probably other things that only thorough reflection upon the experience can glean.

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[edit] Contributors

  • Sjohnson 16:52, 23 August 2007 (UTC) (I'd like to help out by contributing some of my knowledge.)
  • JimD (Mostly working on the Linux kernel source code study guide (below)).

[edit] Linux feature requests

Have a program, perhaps an executable that can be run to see if Linux will 'just work' on one's system. This executable could check someone's hardware against a database of drivers perhaps. One could also selectively input peripherals to check or even create a hypothetical system to check. --Remi 16:33, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

^^ Already completed. Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron (Live CD Version) shipped with a hardware checker that will test your computers compatibility with Ubuntu/Linux. -Germ

But an application that someone can easily install on Windows without having to reboot could be useful. --Devourer09 17:27, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
I think Wubi is an application that can do this. They ought to use more mirrors, presumings its not a specialized version of Ubuntu. Emesee 18:43, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Live CD

A Live CD is a CD which contains a ready-to-use, fully operational copy (called an image) of a version of the Linux operating system. The CD is used to boot the computer in place of the hard drive. Due to the fact that this method does not touch the contents of the hard disk, it is a popular way to test out a new operating system. It will not make any permanent alterations to the system. Usually these Live CDs have installer programs so that if you like what the live CD contains, you can install it on your hard disk by clicking on a link. However, one must click through a fair amount of warning messages before anything is overwritten on the hard disk. There is a list of live CDs (it may not be comprehensive or up-to-date): See External Links below.

[edit] Virtualization

You can also run two OS's simultaneously on the same machine. For example, you can install VirtualBox onto your windows or mac system, and then install whatever OS you want into the VirtualBox environment (each install takes up disk space, and the number that you can run at once is limited by RAM - a good graphical linux can run just fine on 256MB, and run a little bit slower on half that). There are other virtualization options: Xen, VMware, etc...

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