INTRODUCTION TO LINUX

ABOUT LINUX

LINUX IS JUST AN ANOTHER O/S (OPERATING SYSTEM).

IT IS FREE & OPEN SOURCE (OPEN SOURCE MEANS THE SOURCE CODE OF LINUX IS AVAILABLE…YOU CAN MODIFY YOUR LINUX O/S ACCORDING TO YOUR NEED).

IT IS DEVELOPED BY “LINUX TORVALDS” IN 1991…AS A COLLEGE PROJECT.

LINUX IS LEADING O/S ON SERVERS  & OTHER BIG IRONS SYSTEMS SUCH AS MAINFRAME COMPUTERS, (9 OUT OF 10) SUPER COMPUTERS BUT IT IS ONLY 2%-5% USED ON DESKTOP COMPUTERS.

IT IS ALSO RUNS ON EMBEDDED SYSTEMS.

IT IS ALSO RUN ON DEVICE WHOSE O/S IS TYPICALLY BUILT INTO THE FIRMWARE (FIRMWARE IS AN KIND OF SOFTWARE THAT IS INBUILT IN HARDWARE ) 

YOU USE LINUX EVERY DAY, WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT. OVER 850,000 ANDROID PHONES RUNNING LINUX ARE ACTIVATED EVERY SINGLE DAY 

COMPARE THAT TO JUST 30,000 WINDOWS PHONES ACCORDING TO THE LATEST REPORTS.

 NEARLY 700,000 TELEVISIONS ARE SOLD EVERYDAY MOST OF WHICH ARE RUNNING LINUX. 

EIGHT OUT OF TEN FINANCIAL TRADES ARE POWERED BY LINUX. .

GOOGLE, TWITTER, FACEBOOK, AND AMAZON ARE ALL POWERED BY LINUX (THE SERVER OF ALL THIS IS BASED ON LINUX...). 

 HOW WAS LINUX DEVELOPED TO ACHIEVE ALL OF THIS? UNLIKE OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS LIKE WINDOWS OR IOS, LINUX IS BUILT COLLABORATIVELY ACROSS COMPANIES, GEOGRAPHIES, AND MARKETS RESULTING IN THE LARGEST COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING.

TODAY LINUX IS DOMINATING ON

1. MOBILE DEVICES 
2. IN THE ENTERPRISE
3. WEB INFRASTRUCTURE
4. DATA CENTERS
5. SUPER COMPUTERS
6. + MORE

FEATURES OF LINUX

1. SECURITY
2. SILENT FEATURE 
3. FASTER USING BY CL(COMMAND LINE) 
4. CLI (COMMAND LINE INTERFACE) + GUI (GRAFICAL USER INTER FACE) BASED
5. POWERFUL COMMANDS LINE (TERMINAL)
6. RUN ON LOW MEMORY