Ubuntu 9.04

Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope), released on 23 April 2009,[54] is Canonical's tenth release of the distribution. It will be supported until October 2010. New features include faster boot time[55], integration of web services and applications into the desktop interface. It has a new usplash screen, a new login screen and also support for both Wacom (hotplugging) and netbooks.[55] It also includes a new notification system, Notify OSD[56], and themes. It marked the first time that all of Ubuntu's core development moved to the Bazaar distributed revision control system

Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex). The default wallpaper depicts an Ibex, with its large curved horns.

Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), released on 30 October 2008,[46] was Canonical's ninth release of Ubuntu. It will be supported until April 2010. Ubuntu 8.10 has several new features including improvements to mobile computing and desktop scalability

Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft)

Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft), released on 26 October 2006,[24][25] was Canonical's fifth release of Ubuntu. Ubuntu 6.10's support ended on 25 April 2008.[26] Ubuntu 6.10 added several new features including a heavily modified Human theme, Upstart init daemon, automated crash reports (Apport), Tomboy note taking application, and F-spot photo manager. EasyUbuntu, a third party program designed to make Ubuntu easier to use, was included in Ubuntu 6.10 as a meta-package.

Ubuntu 7.04

The first release by Ubuntu Linux was introduced on 10-20-2004. Ubuntu 4.10 bases on Debian and contains the gnomes desktop. Ubuntu is an African word that translates stands for humanity. It is free and is shared in the whole world, only the support costs money. There are ported versions for the x86, x86 64 and PowerPC architecture. New releases shall appear twice a year. The next release in April 2005 was Ubuntu 5.04. Beginning of July 2005 the multi-millionaire Mark Shuttleworth founded the Ubuntu Foundation with an initial budget of 10 million U.S. dollars. This foundation shall guarantee the long-term development of the distribution and the support, the main developers were hired in fulltime. The Ubuntu 6.10 desktop edition and server edition was ready in October 2006, Ubuntu 7.04 for desktop and servers appeared in April 2007. In the new version there is a tool for the migration of Windows settings, the network component and support for multimedia was improved.

Lindows OS

Michael Robertson had announced the beginning of an ambitious project in August 2001. He was a CEO at MP3.com before. The operating system LindowsOS shall unite many advantages of Linux and Windows after the first completion. Programs of both Windows and Linux can be installed and executed easily. LindowsOS is a derivative of the Xandros distribution which based on Debian GNU/Linux, makes the execution of Windows programs by the smooth integration of the Wine project easily possible. One of broader advantages is the installation simply held, there are only less user details needed to install LindowsOS. With an agreement with WAL-MART Lindows has found a sales partner who offers a cheap PC system with preinstalled LindowsOS.

Slackwar

On 17 July 1993 Patrick Volkerding announced the completion of Slackware version 1.0 in the newsgroup comp.os.linux, interested could download by ftp the installation packages. From the beginning the public Linux standard was considered. As package format for programs TGZ of archives are used, the preferential surface is KDE. It exist only a text-based Setup. Slackware was ported for Sparc, alpha and x86 of systems. Slackware addresses itself to the experienced user and developers.

SuSE

SuSE GmbH (society for software and system development) is a daughter enterprise of SuSE Linux AG. SuSE was founded on 2-9-1992 of Burchard Steinbild, Hubert Mantel, Thomas Fehr and Roland Dyroff and offers a Linux distribution of its own in the European area. Additional Programs and IT services like support and trainings are offered. SuSE cooperates closely with other IT companies, SuSE Linux was certified for the Oracle 9 I database already in 2001. A green chameleon serves as symbol figure. The SuSE Linux distribution defines itself from the current Linux kernel, the X Window system and the KDE interface as standard GUI. Software can be installed over precompiled packages in the .RPM format. Driver software and applications are permanently renewed and kept on the newest stand.

Red Flag Linux

Red Flag Software Co., Ltd. was founded of the software research institute "Chinese Academy of Sciences" and NewMargin venture capital in June 2000. Red Flag Software maintains business relations with IBM, Intel, HP, Oracle and other companys. Red Flag aimed at the implementation of buildings for training, technological support and point of sales in China and later worldwide. In several server variants they exists currently the Function Server, Database Server, Cluster Server and Webmail Server in version 3.0.

Red Flag came in an alliance with Miracle and Oracle for the Asian Linux at the beginning of January 2004. This shall guarantee an free alternative operating systems for servers and desktops. The server software shall be certified in the Oracle China Development centre. South Korea, Japan and China announced already in September 2003 to create an alternative for Windows. With the certification of users both the involved companies and the customers can profit.

Mandriva (Mandrake Linux)

MandrakeSoft was founded in France in 1998. With the distribution Mandrake Linux based on Linux and configuration tools of its own as well as specified KDE surface the target was put to be installable as simply as possible operably and without problems. RPM is used as a packet format for software, one recognizes the precompiled software by the code contained in the package name, 'mdk', for Mandrake Linux. It is available as a desktop and server version.

Gentoo Linux

Gentoo was founded by Daniel Robbins in the year 2001. The first version 1.0 has been published in March 2002. Gentoo offers a special and powerful installation program named Portage.

Debian GNU/Linux

The Debian GNU /Linux Project team is a special one under the distributors since it does not pursue any commercial targets. Since the foundation by Ian Murdock on 16th August 1993 Debian is cared by voluntary developers and supported by the FSF. Ian Murdock conducted the team to 1996. The name Debian gets together from Deb for Ian Murdock's Wife Debra and his first name together. Only software which was published completely under the GPL flows into the Debian distribution.

LINUX

1986 Linus (Benedict) Torvalds programmed its own driver for its floppy controller. He learned intensively hardware programming and became better knowledge about his Sinclair computer with Q-DOS. Additionally he provided his own programmer Tools. When 1991 the 386-Intel PC became modern, he got one PC to learn about the programming of 386 CPUs.

Windows Vista Service Pack 2

The Windows Vista Service Pack 2 of 26th, 2009 brings the operating system up-to-date. In addition to the bug fixes, the Hyper-V virtualization solution is now an integral part of the operating system.

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003
The operating system was published as a successor of Windows server 2000 in April 2003. Windows Server 2003 carries the internal version number 5.2.

Windows Vista

Windows Vista
Microsoft published the new product name Vista for this new Windows Version on an event in the USA/Atlanta on 21-07-2005. This Windows Version was known under the development name Longhorn before.

Windows XP (Windows version 5.1)

Windows XP (Windows version 5.1) becomes a predecessor of Windows 9x/ME as well as Windows NT/2000 and is available for 32-bits CPUs in the following versions:

- Embedded
- Home Edition (1 CPU) for private user (Oct. 2001)
- Professional Edition (2 CPU) for business user (Oct. 2001)
- Media Center (1 CPU) especially for multimedia devices (Nov. 2002)
- Tablet PC Edition especially for Tablet PCs (Nov. 2002)
- Server Edition (4 CPU)
- Advanced Server (8 CPU), also 64-bit Intel CPUs
- Microsoft Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs (July 2007)

A 64-bit version of Windows XP was announced officially of Microsoft in April 2003. The RC2 was available in February 2005. Windows XP Professional x64 was published in April 2005. At most 16 gbyte RAM are utilizably with that, the virtual address range enlarges to 16 tbyte.

Windows NT

The first version of Windows NT (New technology) was released as client and Advanced server operating system version 3.1 for Intel x86 and Mips R4000 architecture in May 1993.

Windows ME

Windows ME has with suitably hardware and driver software a slightly higher benchmark result. The sales started on September 14th, 2000.

windows ce 6

Windows Mobile 2003 SE from March, 25. 2004
Windows mobile 5.0 was finished on May 5th, 2005.
Windows CE 6 was introduced in 2006.

windows 3.11

Win32s published later, also few 32-bit applications designed for Windows 95 could be executed now, last version of Win32s was 1.30c of February 1996. With "Video for Windows" (VfW) the multimedia ability got updated. The minimum hardware requirements for use of Windows 3.x are 2 mbyte RAM and 15 mbyte free harddisk storage.

Win32s published later, also few 32-bit applications designed for Windows 95 could be executed now, last version of Win32s was 1.30c of February 1996. With "Video for Windows" (VfW) the multimedia ability got updated. The minimum hardware requirements for use of Windows 3.x are 2 mbyte RAM and 15 mbyte free harddisk storage.

Windows 3.0
It is a 16-bit operating system that needs a preinstalled DOS like MS-DOS. Windows 3.0 came onto the market in May 1990 as graphical operating system enhancement for MS-DOS.


Windows 3.0
It is a 16-bit operating system that needs a preinstalled DOS like MS-DOS. Windows 3.0 came onto the market in May 1990 as graphical operating system enhancement for MS-DOS.

microsoftWindow2000

Microsoft released this new Windows version 5.0, Build 2195 in February 2000.

MicrosoftWindows1

Microsoft released this new Windows version 1.01, Build 1985 in november 2000.