From news@tom.rz.uni-passau.de Sat Jun 8 21:31:51 1996 Received: from MIT.EDU (SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.72.1.2]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) with SMTP id VAA22401; Sat, 8 Jun 1996 21:31:50 -0400 Received: from relay3.UU.NET by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA15698; Sat, 8 Jun 96 21:29:37 EDT Received: from tom.rz.uni-passau.de by relay3.UU.NET with ESMTP (peer crosschecked as: [132.231.51.4]) id QQathe12096; Sat, 8 Jun 1996 21:31:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from news.rz.uni-passau.de (news.rz.uni-passau.de [132.231.51.57]) by tom.rz.uni-passau.de with SMTP id DAA04677 (8.6.12/IDA-1.6 for ); Sun, 9 Jun 1996 03:31:04 +0200 Received: by news.rz.uni-passau.de (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id DAA02268; Sun, 9 Jun 1996 03:33:07 +0200 Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1996 03:33:07 +0200 From: news@tom.rz.uni-passau.de (News Operator) Message-Id: <199606090133.DAA02268@news.rz.uni-passau.de> To: news-answers@uunet.uu.net Path: betty.in-passau.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-kl.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!blackbush.xlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans .net!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!cc.gatech.edu!not-for-mail From: Michael K. Johnson Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.answers,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.answers,news.answers Subject: Linux INFO-SHEET (part 1/1) Followup-To: poster Date: 5 Jun 1996 20:04:33 -0400 Organization: Linux HOWTO Project Lines: 646 Sender: gregh@cc.gatech.edu Approved: linux-answers@news.ornl.gov (Matt Welsh) Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-User: gregh Summary: Generic introduction to the Linux operating system Keywords: Linux, HOWTO, generic information Frequency: monthly Archive-name: linux/info-sheet Last-modified: 11 May 96 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- *** The `Linux INFO-SHEET' is posted automatically by the *** Linux HOWTO coordinator, Greg Hankins . Please *** direct any comments or questions about this HOWTO to the author, *** Michael K. Johnson . - --- BEGIN Linux INFO-SHEET part 1/1 --- Linux Information Sheet Michael K. Johnson, johnsonm@redhat.com v4.7, 6 May 1996 This document provides basic information about the Linux operating system, including an explanation of Linux, a list of features, some requirements, and some resources. 1. Introduction to Linux Linux is a completely free reimplementation of the POSIX spec, with SYSV and BSD extensions (which means it looks like Unix, but does not come from the same source code base), which is available in both source code and binary form. It is copyrighted by Linus B. Torvalds (Linus.Torvalds@Helsinki.FI) and other contributors, and is freely [remainder of text deleted by folder-shrink.pl]