Operating Systems

Operating Systems

1. The purpose is to manage the computers memory,hardware,and software

   • Android is an open source operating system use for smartphone and tablets
     • Android is a mobile operating system  based on the Linux kernel and currently developed by Google. With a user interface based on direct manipulation, Android is designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers, with specialized user interfaces.
   • Microsoft Windows is the most popular operating system because it is already preloaded onto most computers
     • Microsoft created the Windows operating system in the mid-1980s. Over the years, there have been many different versions of Windows, but the most recent ones are Windows 8 (released in 2012), Windows 7 (2009), and Windows Vista (2007). Windows comes preloaded on most new PCs, which helps to make it the most popular operating system in the world.
   • Mac IOS is a line of operating systems created by Apple. It comes preloaded on all new Macintosh computers, or Macs
     • In 1974, Jobs took a position as a video game designer with Atari. Several months later he left Atari to find spiritual enlightenment in India, traveling the continent and experimenting with psychedelic drugs. In 1976, when Jobs was just 21, he and Wozniak started Apple Computer. 
   • Linux is a family of open-source operating systems, which means they can be modified and distributed by anyone around the world.
     • Linux is named after Linus Torvalds, who created the Linux kernel in 1991. The kernel is the computer code that is the central part of an operating system. According to StatCounter Global Stats, Linux users account for less than 2% of the operating systems market as of September 2014. However, most servers run Linux because it's relatively easy to customize.
   • Ubuntu according to the company website is a Debian-based Linux operating system, with Unity as its default desktop environment.
     • Ubuntu Linux is one of a number of different flavors of the Linux operating system. The various different brands of Linux are generally known as Linux Distributions (usually shortened

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