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10-31-2015, 08:52 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2012
Posts: 1
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What is the size of the original size of Linux operating system?
Hi,
I am new to this, I just have a few stupid questions.
How many commands?
In what language he wrote?
Took him how long to finish?
Thanks.
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10-31-2015, 09:01 AM
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LQ Sage
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Saint Amant, Acadiana
Distribution: Gentoo ~amd64
Posts: 7,675
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Command Reference
C, C++, some assembler.
You have to ask "him", and it is not finished yet.
Besides, GNU/Linux is kernel and lots of utilities around it. Are you asking about kernel? Or the whole OS?
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10-31-2015, 09:57 AM
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#3
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LQ Addict
Registered: Nov 2013
Location: Tokyo
Distribution: Mostly Ubuntu and Centos
Posts: 6,316
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kojin88
Hi,
I am new to this, I just have a few stupid questions.
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New to what?
Commands where?
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In what language he wrote?
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Who wrote what? If you are asking about the Linux kernel, C and very little assembler. If you ask about GNU, C. If you ask about OpenStack, Python. None of that was written by a single person.
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Took him how long to finish?
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Development on the Linux kernel started in 1991. Version 1 was issued in 1994, so three years. Version 4 this year, I think, so 24 years. GNU started in 1984 I think, so 31 years. OpenStack - 5 years. Pick what you like best.
Last edited by berndbausch; 10-31-2015 at 09:58 AM.
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10-31-2015, 04:10 PM
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LQ Muse
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: A2 area Mi.
Posts: 17,710
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this is a unknown
more than 1 and less that infinity
-- it is unknown WHAT you installed
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In what language he wrote?
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the os or the kernel or software
-- this is ALSO unknown seeing as you do not tell us WHAT
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Took him how long to finish?
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now that is just WTF!! ( yes what the bleep ) |
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10-31-2015, 05:20 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2002
Location: harvard, il
Distribution: Ubuntu 11.4,DD-WRT micro plus ssh,lfs-6.6,Fedora 15,Fedora 16
Posts: 3,233
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kojin88
Hi,
I am new to this, I just have a few stupid questions.
How many commands?
In what language he wrote?
Took him how long to finish?
Thanks.
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you mean lines?
i think it's in c and assembly
as for how many lines and languages, you can find a copy here
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker.../old-versions/ |
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11-03-2015, 12:38 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jul 2011
Location: California
Distribution: Slackware64-15.0 Multilib
Posts: 6,584
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The oldest known GNU/Linux operating system distribution, MCC Interm Linux, was big enough to fit on the old style floppy disks, so changes are it wasn't very big.
As far as the actual Linux kernel, I'm not sure.
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11-03-2015, 08:47 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Ubuntu MATE, Mageia, and whatever VMs I happen to be playing with
Posts: 20,018
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You might find some of the answers you are looking for here: https://www.kernel.org/doc/ |
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