Abstract :
Developed by Torvalds in 1991 from Minix, a simplified version of Unix intended for educational use, Linux has grown from a mere 10000-line kernel to a full-featured OS with more than 1.5 million lines of code. Once thought the exclusive province of hobbyists, students, and hard-core programmers, Linux has quietly, unassumingly slipped into the software mainstream. The paper discusses the advantages of Linux and considers massively parallel software development. It also discusses open source development
Keywords :
Unix; operating systems (computers); software engineering; Linux; Minix; Unix; education; massively parallel software development; open source development; operating system; software future; Central Processing Unit; Costs; Internet; Laboratories; Linux; Open source software; Programming profession; Robustness; Silicon; Supercomputers;
