Linux is a free and open-source UNIX-like kernel developed by Linus Torvalds. Linux is managed with the version control system git and licensed under the GNU General Public License-2.
Linux is often bundled with GNU utilities.
History
Linus Torvalds released the Linux Kernel in source-code form in 1991.[1] The next year, in February 1992, Linux was released under the GNU General Public License.[2]
NVIDIA's Open-Source Boycott on Linux
In 2011, the NVIDIA Corporation refused to provide open-source GPU drivers;[3] Linux developers were forced to reverse engineer proprietary NVIDIA GPUs to develop open-source drivers, to which NVIDIA provided horrendous support.[citation needed]
Linus Torvalds famously responded to the boycott with a middle finger and a curse word: "NVIDIA, Fuck you!"[4]
NSA Interrogation
In 2013, Nils Torvalds reported that the National Security Agency contacted Linus Torvalds with a request to add backdoors into Linux.[5]
Linux distributions
Linux distributions (operating systems that use Linux) often use GNU coreutils.
State-developed
Many states have developed a Linux-based operating system to develop soverign economies and deattach from dependence on Microsoft Windows, which has backdoors usable by the Central Intelligence Agency.
- The Russian Federation developed and is transitioning to Astra Linux, due to it's compliance to state orders for use of domestic software.[6]
- The Cuban State developed Nova in response to U.S sanctions.
- The DPRK (through the Korea Computer Center) developed Red Star OS.[Confirm Linux heritage?]
Attacks by Microsoft
External Links
References
- ↑ "Linux 0.01 Documentation".
- ↑ "Linux 0.12 Documentation".
- ↑ Chris Hoffman (2015-04-17). "Why Nvidia graphics cards are the worst for open-source, but the best for Linux gaming" PCWorld.
- ↑ Kuttofos (2012-06-17). "Linus Torvalds To Nvidia - "Fuck You"". YouTube.
- ↑ "NSA Asked Linus Torvalds To Install Backdoors Into GNU/Linux".
- ↑ "Astra Linux".