Monday, June 17, 2013

Some Interesting Facts about Linux Kernel


Here i collected some interesting facts about the Linux Kernel.



  • Linus Torvalds Developed the linux when he was a student (21 years old) at the University of Helsinki in 1991
  • In the beginning Torvals wanted to call the kernel he developed Freax (Combination of free, freak, and X to indicate Unix like system)
  • Linux Kernel is written in the C Programming language
  • Google's Android, Nokia's Maemo are built on top of the Linux Kernel
  • Only 2% of the present Linux kernel has been written by Linus Torvalds
  • Torvalds created Linux based on GNU GPL (General Public Lisense)
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