Why is Linux so efficient? Is it the right operating system for a particular application? What can be learned from looking at the kernel source code? Compares Linux distributions (major, minor, regional) in simple table format. Information such as price, support, documentation, included packages. Directed by Hannu Puttonen. With Eric Allman, Alan Cox, Miguel de Icaza, Jon Hall. Finnish-made documentary about GNU/Linux, featuring some of the most influential. [Recorded Sept 19, 2001] Linus Torvalds, the creator of the operating system phenomenon Linux, tells the story of how he went from writing code as a. The Linux kernel is a Unix-like computer operating system kernel. It is widely used world-wide; the Linux operating system is based on it and deployed on both. Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen an angry penguin charging at them. The Code is a Finnish -made documentary about Linux from 2001, featuring some of the most influential people of the free software movement. David A. Wheeler's Page for Counting SLOC. Click here to get the paper, ``More than a Gigabuck: Estimating GNU/Linux's Size,'' which presents my latest GNU/Linux. The C10K problem [Help save the best Linux news source on the web -- subscribe to Linux Weekly News!] It's time for web servers to handle ten thousand clients. The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide is a free book; you may reproduce and/or modify it under the terms of the Open Software License, version 1.1.