A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, Fourth Edition

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1 Welcome to Linux and macOS

In This Chapter

The History of UNIX and GNU–Linux

The Heritage of Linux: UNIX

What Is So Good About Linux?

Overview of Linux

Additional Features of Linux

Objectives

After reading this chapter you should be able to:

Discuss the history of UNIX, Linux, and the GNU project

Explain what is meant by “free software” and list characteristics of the GNU General Public License

List characteristics of Linux and reasons the Linux ...

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