Linux is an operating system kernel that is open source and freely available. It began as a hobby project by Linus Torvalds in 1991 and has since grown into a widely used kernel combined with GNU tools to form the GNU/Linux operating system. Linux is highly customizable, with many different distributions available for various uses like desktops, servers, or specialized industries. It can be interacted with through either a graphical user interface or command line interface.
Linux is an operating system kernel that is open source and freely available. It began as a hobby project by Linus Torvalds in 1991 and has since grown into a widely used kernel combined with GNU tools to form the GNU/Linux operating system. Linux is highly customizable, with many different distributions available for various uses like desktops, servers, or specialized industries. It can be interacted with through either a graphical user interface or command line interface.
Linux is an operating system kernel that is open source and freely available. It began as a hobby project by Linus Torvalds in 1991 and has since grown into a widely used kernel combined with GNU tools to form the GNU/Linux operating system. Linux is highly customizable, with many different distributions available for various uses like desktops, servers, or specialized industries. It can be interacted with through either a graphical user interface or command line interface.
Linux is an operating system kernel that is open source and freely available. It began as a hobby project by Linus Torvalds in 1991 and has since grown into a widely used kernel combined with GNU tools to form the GNU/Linux operating system. Linux is highly customizable, with many different distributions available for various uses like desktops, servers, or specialized industries. It can be interacted with through either a graphical user interface or command line interface.
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Module 01
Introduction to Linux Linux is Everywhere! ● Linux is everywhere, Linux jobs are everywhere, there is a shortage of Linux talent, and, Linux skills are in demand in just about every industry and job category on the planet. Linux is a Kernel ● Linux means the kernel of the system, which is the central controller of everything that happens on the computer.
● Linux is a combination of software called GNU/Linux, which defines the operating
system. ○ GNU is the free software that provides open source equivalents of many common UNIX commands. ○ The Linux part of this combination is the Linux kernel, which is the core of the operating system.
● The story of Linux begins with UNIX, an operating system developed at AT&T Bell Labs in the 1970s. ● UNIX is written in the C language. Linux is a Kernel ● Linux started in 1991 as a hobby project by Linus Torvalds, a Finnish born computer scientist studying at the University of Helsinki.
● The GNU Project was developed Linux by Richard Stallman in 1983.
● Linux programmers were able to incorporate the GNU tools to provide a complete operating system. Linux is Open Source ● Historically, most software has been issued under a closed-source license.
● This means that you get the right to use the executable program or machine code, but cannot see the source code.
● The development of Linux closely parallels the rise of open source software.
● The open source philosophy is that you have a right to obtain the software source code and to modify it for your own use. Linux Has Distributions ● A distribution refers to the Linux kernel, tools, and suite of applications that come bundled together.
● Take Linux and the GNU tools, add some user-facing applications like a web browser and an email client, and you have a full Linux system.
● There are distributions suited to every imaginable purpose.
● There are distributions that focus on running servers, desktops, or even industry- specific tools like electronics design or statistical computing. Linux Embraces the CLI ● There are two basic types of interfaces available that allow you to interact with the operating system.
● The typical computer user today is most familiar with a graphical user interface (GUI).
○ In a GUI, applications present themselves in windows that can be resized and moved around.
○ There are menus and tools to help users navigate.
● The second type of interface is the command line interface (CLI), a text-based interface to the computer. ○ The CLI relies primarily on keyboard input.
