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ibiblio designates September as "Linux Month"
Aug. 31, 2004 — ibiblio, a collaboration of the Center for the Public Domain and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is one of the major distribution hubs for Linux software and has been a significant supporter of Linux development efforts since the organization was founded in 1992.
Linux, a broad term that has evolved to represent both the core programming development code and the rapidly proliferating variety of operating system software and software programs, has achieved remarkable success in both educational and corporate environments. Its popularity has grown tremendously since the release of version 0.01 in September 1991.
Linux software has garnered tremendous international interest and controversy because of its revolutionary open source software development model. The model removes the proprietary constraints from the software code and allows users to freely download, copy and make changes to the software. Many users then return this altered code back to the user community, creating software that is often considered more stable than some commercially available programs.
The variety of available Linux software is breathtaking and recent developments in the open source community have made the software easier than ever to install and use. Linux is now in its second major version and powers some of the largest Internet servers in the world.
ibiblio invites you to celebrate Linux Month this September. Download one of the many distributions and software packages from the ibiblio Linux archive at http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/. Learn how to use Linux by visiting the Linux Documentation Project, hosted by ibiblio, at http://www.tldp.org. Discover the many Linux-related collections developed by ibiblio contributors and see how the technology behind Linux has helped ibiblio contributors build some of the most creative information sharing sites on the web.
Every month is Linux month at ibiblio, but this September, Linux belongs to the world.
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