Linux History and Evolution Quiz for Beginners: Part 2

Linux History and Evolution Quiz for Beginners: Part 2

1. What is the name of the Linux mascot?

• a) Tux
• b) Linus
• c) Gnu
• d) Rex
  Answer: a) Tux

2. Who created the Linux mascot Tux?

• a) Linus Torvalds
• b) Larry Ewing
• c) Richard Stallman
• d) Dennis Ritchie
  Answer: b) Larry Ewing

3. Which company was the first to commercialize Linux?

• a) IBM
• b) Red Hat
• c) Canonical
• d) SUSE
  Answer: b) Red Hat

4. Which Linux distribution was the first to be released?

• a) Debian
• b) Red Hat
• c) Slackware
• d) SUSE
  Answer: c) Slackware

5. In what year was the Linux Foundation established?

• a) 2000
• b) 2005
• c) 2007
• d) 2010
  Answer: c) 2007

6. What is the name of the package manager introduced by Red Hat?

• a) APT
• b) YUM
• c) RPM
• d) Pacman
  Answer: c) RPM

7. Which of the following is the oldest active Linux distribution?

• a) Ubuntu
• b) Fedora
• c) Slackware
• d) Arch Linux
  Answer: c) Slackware

8. Which project was started by Richard Stallman in 1983 that later influenced Linux development?

• a) Apache Project
• b) Free Software Project
• c) GNU Project
• d) UNIX Project
  Answer: c) GNU Project

9. What was the purpose of the GNU Project?

• a) To create a free UNIX-like operating system
• b) To create a commercial operating system
• c) To develop proprietary software
• d) To build hardware components
  Answer: a) To create a free UNIX-like operating system

10. When was the first stable version of the Linux kernel released?

• a) 1991
• b) 1992
• c) 1994
• d) 1996
  Answer: c) 1994