Linux Study Group   Published on: "February 8, 2009, category: Courses and Study Groups

Live the Linux experience in a student-to-student learning environment.

According to Wikipedia, The name "Linux" comes from the Linux kernel, originally written in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. The rest of the system, including utilities and libraries, usually comes from the GNU operating system announced in 1983 by Richard Stallman. GNU / Linux or simply Linux, is now used by millions of users and servers, including the server hosting this website.

The first session of the IEEE Alex. SB Linux Study Group is planned to start on Monday 9 February 2009 at 12.30 PM in K4. This study group is planned to cover the philosophy of Open Source and the idea behind the Free Software Foundation (FSF).

Also, students will try a live installation of Ubuntu 8.10, as an example for the Linux operating system and explore the various and most common applications of Ubuntu.