Linux in Supercomputers and Robotics

90% of the world's most powerful supercomputers using an operating system GNU / Linux, in fact, the top ten of supercomputers use Linux. In fact, the penetration of Linux in data centers is very high, 33.8% of the world runs on Linux servers compared to 7.3% does so in a Microsoft operating system. For example, Google's servers run on Linux, like the server hosting the website of the White House.

Linux Earlier Years

The first commercial distribution GNU / Linux was Yggdrasil was launched Lice-CD format in 1992. Red Hat was one of the first distributions to settle within companies and data centers in 1999. Debian was one of the first GNU / Linux that was constituted and organized as a community of developers.

Linux OS used in Major Applications / Services

Linux is present in highly critical applications such as Japan's bullet trains, traffic control, San Francisco, the New York Stock Exchange, CERN, many air traffic control systems or control of nuclear reactors of submarines and ships many nuclear war.

Expanding Everyday

Linux has more than 9.2 million lines of code and this amount grows 10% each year. Of the 9.2 million lines, the kernel itself accounts for 5% and 55% drivers. Add lines 4500, 1800 and 1500 are removed are changed every day.

Widely Used

Linux is now one of the most widely ported operating system kernels, running on a diverse range of systems from handheld computers to mainframe servers.

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

How to Install compiz in Fedora

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Compiz is one of the first compositing window managers for the X Window System that uses 3D graphics hardware to create fast compositing desktop effects for window management. The effects, such as a minimization effect and a cube workspace are implemented as loadable plugins. Because it conforms to the Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual standard, Compiz can substitute for the default Mutter in GNOME or KWin in KDE.

To install compiz in fedora

1. Become root user.
su -

2. yum install compiz compiz-gnome emerald emerald-themes fusion-icon compiz-fusion-extras compiz-fusion-extras-gnome compizconfig-backend-gconf

3. You can enable it by
System -> Preference-> Desktop Effects and selecte Compiz

4. You can edit settings by
System -> Preference ->CompizConfig Setting Manager

Note: Tested in Fedora 13. Need internet connection.
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