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History of Linux Quiz (http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/survey/9)

Your score: 70 out of 100.

Score 50 or less: Stick with Windows!

Score 60: Time to dual-boot!

Score 70 or 80: You’ve been around this Linux stuff for a while! If you are a guy it’s time to grow a beard if you don’t already have one.

Score 90: You do everything at the command line!

Score 100: Can you write the next quiz for us?

Getting it right!

Each right answer is worth 10 points.

Your answers

1. Most Linux aficionados know that Linus Torvalds created the Linux kernel. But on what sort of computer did he write it on?Your answer: d. PDP-7
Incorrect. Correct answer is c. 386 PC

2.
Linus was driven to write Linux because he couldn’t afford the
proprietary operating system and the hardware it ran on while studying
at the University of Helsinki in Finland. What company made the
operating system he couldn’t afford? Your answer: d. IBM
Incorrect. Correct answer is b. Sun Microsystems

3.
The creation of Linux was inspired by what operating system created by
Andrew S. Tanenbaum to run on Intel 8086-based machines as a teaching
tool? Your answer: a. MINIX
Correct. 10 points.

4. When was Linux version 0.01 released? Your answer: d. September, 1991
Correct. 10 points.

5.
Richard Stallman is well known as a programmer and the founder of the
GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation. In addition to his
compiler development, he worked on the creation of which well used
application. Your answer: a. Emacs
Correct. 10 points.

6. The Linux kernel number indicates whether a kernel is stable or in development. Stable kernels are: Your answer: c. End in an even number
Correct. 10 points.

7.
Patrick Volkerding in 1993 created one of the earliest distributions of
Linux and probably the oldest still currently maintained. That
distribution is known as: Your answer: b. Slackware
Correct. 10 points.

8.
Back in the late 90s, with the dotcom boom in full force, many
companies were putting funding into Linux projects. Which large
software company, best known for graphic design software had a Linux
distribution? Your answer: d. Corel
Correct. 10 points.

9.
With the Linux buzz and the rise in tech stocks a services company was
started in late 1998 to provide support to enterprise Linux users. That
service company had many well known developers from leading open source
software projects including Rasmus Lerdorf (PHP) and Andrew Tridgell
(samba, rsync). That company was: Your answer: d. Open Source Support Network
Incorrect. Correct answer is b. Linuxcare (They’re now called Levanta

10. Linux runs on many different processors 386, PowerPC, SPARC and Alpha. Does it run on IBM S/390 and Wang VS machines.Your answer: a. On the S/390 but not the Wang VS. (There is Linux software that will allow you to run Wang VS applications on standard server hardware.)
Correct. 10 points.