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Your Portal for a Car Insurance quote - gnu Linux page.


Welcome to the Superquote gnu Linux page. This page is here to celebrate the Linux operating system, and the dedicated volunteers who build it.

Superquote uses linux technology, notably Debian Debian.org .

Superquote is a site that helps users to get the cheapest car insurance quote by collecting the quote details from the user and then interrogating various websites for the appropriate premium. Nearly all of Superquote's programs are written in Perl or Bash or a combination.

Linux offers the tools needed for a demanding server environment.

The Linux developers are busy building tools that they believe that the world needs, not the tools that will best enrich the owners of the software company.

Free software advocates and makers of many of the stock linux ( and other unix ) utilities. If you have ever used the linux versions grep or tar or less etc etc etc then you are probably using gnu software, they are also reponsible for the gcc ( gnu c compiler ). These guys are real enthusiasts - even the name is recursive ( Gnu's Not Unix ).
Linux documentation - the Howto pages, the Man pages and the FAQs ( Frequently Asked Questions ). Lots of the World's best linux documentation is here.

A popular installation of Linux - lots of security options and superb online installations and upgrades. Many techies find Debian to be more satisfying than Redhat. Superquote is using and recommends Debian.

The famous RedHat linux. The most popular version of Gnu/Linux, but unpopular with some techies.

 

 

"With thanks to Yanni Papastavrou, who coded the multi-threaded part of the Superquote program. It is written in Perl 5.8, taking advantage of the new implementation of multithreading known as “Interpreter threads”. Prior to that, Yanni developed system software for controlling Gamma Cameras, used in Nuclear Medicine. He now works in the department of Medical Physics at the Royal Free Hospital in London. "


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