{"id":24764,"date":"2015-02-28T04:59:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T04:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/?p=24764"},"modified":"2024-04-03T13:21:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T07:51:03","slug":"linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux as an operating system"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Linux is one of the most widely used operating system in the world. It has been modeled after the UNIX and POSIX like environments. It is one of \u00a0the largest open\u00a0source projects that still is being worked upon!<\/p>\n

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The creator of Linux is Mr.\u00a0 Linus Torvalds who had created Linux in 1991. Linux is a multi-user and multi-tasking operating system.<\/p>\n

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Come to think of it 94% of the worlds organizations use Linux for their work! Linux now is not only confined to our home systems but also runs on mainframe systems and even supercomputers. Thus, Linux finds widespread acceptance. Linux supports various platforms, irrespective of the underlying hardware architecture.<\/p>\n

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The beauty of Linux is that it’s source code of it’s kernel, which\u00a0 is modified by thousands of people around the world. The source code is still under constant development. Come to think of it a new kernel is released every 2-3 months! A kernel is an interface between the hardware and applications in an operating system.<\/p>\n

The Linux kernel is divided into 3 families as<\/p>\n