Monday, February 8, 2010

Other Open Source programs






GNU- GNU is another free source initiative developed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The idea that is behind GNU is to create free software that can be modified and redistributed freely. This project was started in 1983 by Richard Stallman at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Linux systems depend greatly on GNU programs.
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LINUX- Linux is a general name given to Unix-like computer operating systems. It is the most used free- operating system, and as all open sourcer programs, it can be freely distributed and modified. Linux icludeas of the supporting software required such as utilities, the X Window System, the GNOME and the APACHE WEB SERVER. Commonly-used applications with Linux systems include Mozilla Firefox web-browser and Open Office application.
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APACHE- Apache is a Web Server software which in 2009 became the first web server with more than 100 million users. It is characterized as an open source software and it is aviable for Unix, Mac, Windows, TPF and other systems. A great apache feature is Virtual Hosting. It allows one apache installation to serve for many different web pages. It is used for dynamic as well as for static web pages.


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