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Overview of Linux Operating System

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What is Linux?

  • It is an Operating system, by using that, users/applications can communicate with hardware components.

  • It was developed/created in the 1960s.

  • With a lot of extensions and improvements to the base version, several flavours were introduced by organizations/companies (flavours like RedHat, Linux, Ubuntu, CentOS etc).

About Linux:-

  • Linux is a free and open-source operating system.

  • Linux operating system code is also available on the Internet that's why it is called as open source.

  • Anybody can take Linux OS code and can customize it according to their requirement.

  • Linux is a multiuser-based operating system.

  • Linux is a community-based operating system.

  • Linux OS is highly recommended for business.

Evolution of Linux:-

  • Microsoft released its first OS in 1981, which is "MS-DOS".

  • Microsoft windows os came into the market in 1985 with GUI.

  • In 1991, a student Linus Torvalds made some code changes to the operating system and released it into the market free of cost which is called a Linux Operating System.

  • Linus Torvalds used Minux operating system.

  • By taking the first letters from his name (LIN) and the last two letters from Minux (UX), he named it Linux.

    Flavours of LINUX:-

  • As Linux is open source, multiple flavours are available with a lot of extensions and improvements.

    • Ubuntu

    • RedHat

    • Centos

    • Fedora

    • Slackware

    • Open solaries

    • Suse Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)

    • Open Suse

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