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This is a list of things that all can easily do in GNU/Linux but find it hard or impossible to do in other desktop operating system.

* Connect more than four people across the internet to a graphical interface at the same time.
* Tinker around with the source code.
* Compile my own Linux from scratch.
* Have as many or as little programs installed as I want.
* Change every aspect of the user interface to suit my needs.

This section assumes you have an install CD with some version of Linux on it. I have installed several versions of Linux including Caldera,CentOS, Redhat, Slackware, SUSE and Ubuntu. Most can be installed directly from the CD if you want. I prefer Ubuntu which has made drastic change for desktops. You can do this by setting your BIOS with an option to boot from the CD. If you can't do this, you will need to get or make a boot floppy. Usually there are utility programs on the CD, usually "rawrite" that can be used to make a boot disk from a DOS environment.

GNU/Linux (also known as *Linux*) is a computer operating system, it is Unix-like computer operating system. A "Unix-like" computer operating system is one which behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system.

Linux is created as a hobby by a young student, Linus Torvalds, at the University of Helsinki in Finland. Linus had mainly interest in Minix, Minix is a small UNIX system, and then Linus had decided to develop a system that exceeded the Minix standards. He began his work in 1991.

Main Features on GNU/Linux.

1. Low Cost
2. Stability.
3. Speed.