Linux

 LINUX

What is Linux? Is linux is a OS?

• Linux is NOT A OS... Linux is a kernel.
• Linux is a open source operating system kernel.
• Various distributions of linux are created on the linux kernel.
• The OS created on the linux kernel uses the name "Linux/GNU" with them.
• Linux kernel was developed by Linux Torvalds.
• It was officially released on September 11 1991
• It was written on C,Assembly language and others.
• Most of the servers and cloud services uses linux.
• Since Linux is a Open source user can make their own distribution as they need.
• There are various distribution,

Some of the popular distributions of linux are,

• Debian
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• Ubuntu
• LinuxMint
• Knoppix
• Fedora
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• CentOS
• Oracle linux
• Miracle linux
• OpenSUSE
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• SUSE
• Arch Linux
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• Manjaro linux