Getting Started Guide 5 CHAPTER 1 Introducing OpenLinux Welcome to Caldera Systems OpenLinux 2.3, the most advanced Linux operating system available. OpenLinux 2.3 includes the latest advances in Linux technol- ogy, plus a new easy-to-use interface that will have you running Linux in no time. This manual will guide you through the OpenLinux graphical installation pro- cess, then get you started using your new Linux system. Before getting started, however, you may want to know a little more about the Linux operating system. Where did Linux come from? Linux was started in the early 1990s as a small research project by a Finnish col- lege student named Linus Torvalds. Soon after Linus started his project, hundreds of others began to participate in its development via the Internet. A cooperative venture grew in which thousands of people were working together to create a new operating system. The inclusion of the GNU utilities from the Free Software Foundation (see http:// www.fsf.org) and the release of Linux under the Gnu General Public License (GPL) furthered the spread of this work. The GPL provides that the source code to the software is released with the product and that no one can restrict access to it. Software licensed under the GPL license is sometimes referred to as Open Source software. With this type of software, anyone can examine and extend the source code, but all such work must be released for public use. Other licenses