Linux Torvalds was created Linux in 1991 when he was a student at the University of Helsinki. You can see the Linux
operating system in everywhere from Smartphone to cars, from computers to home
appliances. Linux operating system is situated
in your phones, in your cars, in your refrigerator, in your freezer, and most Linux
mainly runs on the internet.
What is Linux
operating system?
Like Windows XP, Windows 7, Mac OS X,
Windows 8 Linux is an operating system. Linux is the best known and an open
source of another operating system. It is an operating system that situated
underneath of all other software on a computer. Receiving request from other
program and it send those request to the computer’s hardware and it manages all
hardware system that associated with laptop and computer. It controls the
communication systems between hardware and software and without this operating system
your software would not be able to function.
Core part of
Linux operating system:
Applications:
Linux operating system beats of all other
operating systems because of it is very handy software that can be used to
install in your pc. Linux distributes various apps store that can simply
install applications and it allows you quickly search app among the thousands
of apps.
The Shell:
The shell is the command process that
allows the users to control the computer through the via commands that put into
the text field. In modern desktop of Linux, there is no need to touch the
command line.
Daemons:
Daemon is the main character behind the
background services like scheduling, printing, sound system etc and that can
kick off during boot of your desktop.
The Kernel:
The kernel is the powerhouse of the system as
it controls the memory, CPU and other device and it is the lowest system of the
operating system.
Graphical
Server:
It is a powerful sub-system that shows
you the graphics on your monitor’s screen and it is called X system.
Boot loader:
Boot the loader is the magic wand that works behind the boot system of your computer.
Desktop
Environment:
The desktop environment is the puzzle pieces
that the users face and there are many desktop environments that you can choose
such as GNOME, KDE, XFCE, Enlightenment, unity, cinnamon etc. It can build
various applications.
What is the
distribution of Linux operating system?
Most popular distribution of Linux are:
Red Hat:
Linux is an organization that spends some
dollars to getting the red hat support and it was the perfect choice for the Linux
team.
Fedora:
Picking up of Fedora is the perfect the decision of Linux team because Fedora is the latest technology that people are interested
in testing with modern technologies.
Debian:
The most primary operating system comes from
Debian project and some other popular distributions like Knoppix, Linspire,
distro ubuntu etc depend on Debian.
Cent OS:
CentOS is the distribution that fully
depends on red hat Linux.
Ubuntu:
For most users, ubuntu is the friendly
operating system distribution because it can be used both in work and home.
Installing Linux
operating system:
The installing of many other operating
systems in your desktop is may be very difficult, but the installing of Linux operating system is very easy. Most
versions of Linux offer you live distribution and you can run CD/DVD or USB
flash drive without changing your hard drive. First, you should prepare the
installing system if you want to install third-party software like mp3
playback, video codec etc then it asks from you to give permission.
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