Debian GNU/Linux is a particular distribution of the Linux operating system, and numerous packages that run on it. Debian GNU/Linux is: full featured: Debian includes more than 42551 software packages at present.Users can select which packages to install; Debian provides a tool for this purpose..3 OK, now I know what Debian is... In short, Linux is the kernel of a Unix-like operating system. It was originally designed for 386 (and better) PCs; today Linux also runs on a dozen of other systems. Linux is written by Linus Torvalds and many computer scientists around the world.
The Monuments That Were Never Built. In a new exhibit at the National Building Museum, imagine Washington D.C. as it could have been. Projected Improvements to the Washington Monument and National Mall by B.F. Smith, 1852. âUnbuilt Washington,â the newest exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C, highlights over 100 architectural projects proposed for the nationâs capital since 1791.
The pharaohs ordered these huge monuments built for them so that they would always be remembered. The writings on the obelisks tell us a great deal about the ancient Egyptian civilization. Most obelisks were commissioned by pharaohs, but anyone could build one if they had the money. The ancient Egyptians are not the only civilization to build an obelisk. In relatively modern times, around the middle of the 1800's, about the same time in American history as the Gold Rush, the government of the United States began building an obelisk in Washington DC, to honor our first president, George Washington.