What is Linux ? Linux Definition for Beginner

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Linux. It's been around since the mid '90s, and has since achieved a client base that traverses businesses and mainlands. For those aware of present circumstances, you comprehend that Linux is entirely. It's in your telephones, in your autos, in your iceboxes, your Roku gadgets. It runs the greater part of the Internet, the supercomputers making investigative achievements, and the world's stock trades. In any case, before Linux turned into the stage to run desktops, servers, and implanted frameworks over the globe, it was (and still is) a standout amongst the most dependable, secure, and straightforward working frameworks accessible.

For those not in the know, worry not – here is all the information you need to get up to speed on the Linux platform.

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What is Linux? 

Just like Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Mac OS X, Linux is an operating system. What's Operating System ? An operating system is software that manages or control all of the hardware resources associated with your desktop or laptop. To put it simply – the operating system manages/control the communication between software and hardware. Without the operating system or "OS", the software wouldn’t function and we can't do anything with our Desktop or Laptop.

The OS is comprised of a number of pieces:

• The Bootloader: The software that manages the boot process of your computer. For most users, this will simply be a splash screen that pops up and eventually goes away to boot into the operating system.

• The kernel: This is the one piece of the whole that is actually called “Linux”. The kernel is the core of the system and manages the CPU, memory, and peripheral devices. The kernel is the “lowest” level of the OS.

• Daemons: These are background services (printing, sound, scheduling, etc) that either start up during boot, or after you log into the desktop.

• The Shell: You’ve probably heard mention of the Linux command line. This is the shell – a command process that allows you to control the computer via commands typed into a text interface. This is what, at one time, scared people away from Linux the most (assuming they had to learn a seemingly archaic command line structure to make Linux work). This is no longer the case. With modern desktop Linux, there is no need to ever touch the command line.

• Graphical Server: This is the sub-system that displays the graphics on your monitor. It is commonly referred to as the X server or just “X”.

• Desktop Environment: This is the piece of the puzzle that the users actually interact with. There are many desktop environments to choose from (Unity, GNOME, Cinnamon, Enlightenment, KDE, XFCE, etc). Each desktop environment includes built-in applications (such as file managers, configuration tools, web browsers, games, etc).

• Applications: Desktop environments do not offer the full array of apps. Just like Windows and Mac, Linux offers thousands upon thousands of high-quality software titles that can be easily found and installed. Most modern Linux distributions (more on this in a moment) include App Store-like tools that centralize and simplify application installation. For example: Ubuntu Linux has the Ubuntu Software Center (Figure 1) which allows you to quickly search among the thousands of apps and install them from one centralized location. 

So, What makes linux special ? Linux is an Open Source Software, you can download it for FREE and you can copy the source code and make your own Linux Distro.