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Linux is an open-source operating system developed by Linus Torvalds that can be freely distributed and used for a variety of purposes from mobile devices to supercomputers, with many different Linux distributions developed by vendors, organizations, and communities to support various hardware architectures and include popular desktop interfaces like GNOME and KDE; while the first Unix was developed at Bell Labs in the 1970s, Linux was inspired by both Unix and MINIX and aimed to be a portable, multi-tasking system.

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Linux

Linux is an open-source operating system developed by Linus Torvalds that can be freely distributed and used for a variety of purposes from mobile devices to supercomputers, with many different Linux distributions developed by vendors, organizations, and communities to support various hardware architectures and include popular desktop interfaces like GNOME and KDE; while the first Unix was developed at Bell Labs in the 1970s, Linux was inspired by both Unix and MINIX and aimed to be a portable, multi-tasking system.

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LINUX UNIX

What is it?:
Linux is an example of Open Source
software development and Free
Operating System (OS)
!nix is an operating system that is very
popular in universities" companies" #ig
enterprises etc
$ost:
Linux can #e freely distri#uted"
downloaded freely" distri#uted
through maga%ines" &oo's etc (here
are priced versions for Linux also" #ut
they are normally cheaper than
Windows
)ifferent flavors of !nix have different
cost structures according to vendors
!ser:
*veryone From home users to
developers and computer enthusiasts
ali'e
!nix operating systems were developed
mainly for mainframes" servers and
wor'stations (he !nix environment and
the client+server program model were
essential elements in the development of
the ,nternet
-anufacturer:
Linux 'ernel is developed #y the
community Linus (orvalds oversees
things
(hree #igest distri#utions are Solaris
(Oracle)" .,/ (,&-) 0 12+!/ 1ewlett
2ac'ard
2rice:
Free #ut support is availa#le for a
price
Some free for development use (Solaris)
#ut support is availa#le for a price
!sage:
Linux can #e installed on a wide
variety of computer hardware" ranging
from mo#ile phones" ta#let computers
and video game consoles" to
mainframes and supercomputers
(he !3,/ operating system is used in
internet servers" wor'stations 0 2$s
&ac'#one of the ma4ority of finance
infastructure and many 56x789 high
availa#ility solutions
2rocessors: )o%ens of different 'inds
x:8;x86" Sparc" 2ower" ,tanium" 2.+
<,S$ and many others
.rchitectures:
Originally developed for ,ntel=s x:8
hardware" ports availa#le for over two
do%en $2! types including .<-
is availa#le on 2.+<,S$ and ,tanium
machines Solaris also availa#le for
x:8;x86 #ased systems
)evelopment
and
)istri#ution:
Linux is developed #y Open Source
development ie through sharing and
colla#oration of code and features
through forums etc and it is
distri#uted #y various vendors such as
)e#ian" <ed 1at" S!S*" !#untu"
>entu/ etc
!nix systems are divided into various
other flavors" mostly developed #y .(0(
as well as various commercial vendors
and non+profit organi%ations
>!,:
Linux typically provides two >!,s"
?)* and >nome &ut Linux >!, is
optional
,nitially !nix was a command #ased OS"
#ut later a >!, was created called
$ommon )es'top *nvironment -ost
distri#utions now ship with >nome
File system
support:
*xt5" *xt7" *xt6" @fs" <eiserFS" /fs"
&trfs" F.(" F.(75" 3(FS 4fs"gpfs"hfs"ufs"xfs"%fs format
(ext mode
interface:
&.S1 (&ourne .gain S1ell) is the
Linux default shell ,t can support
multiple command interpreters
Originally the &ourne Shell 3ow it=s
compati#le with many others including
&.S1" ?orn 0 $
?iller features: ?splice + 'ernel update without re#oot
AFS + 3ext generation filesystem )trace +
dynamic 'ernel tracing
Security:
Linux has had a#out 8B+CBB viruses
listed till date 3one of them actively
spreading nowadays
. rough estimate of !3,/ viruses is
#etween :9 +C5B viruses reported till date
(hreat
detection and
solution:
,n case of Linux" threat detection and
solution is very fast" as Linux is
mainly community driven and
whenever any Linux user posts any
'ind of threat" several developers start
wor'ing on it from different parts of
the world
&ecause of the proprietary nature of the
original !nix" users have to wait for a
while" to get the proper #ug fixing patch
&ut these are not as common
,nception:
,nspired #y -,3,/ (a !nix+li'e
system) and eventually after adding
many features of >!," )rivers etc"
Linus (orvalds developed the
framewor' of the OS that #ecame
L,3!/ in CDD5 (he L,3!/ 'ernel
was released on CEth Septem#er" CDDC
,n CD8D" it was developed #y a group of
.(0( employees at &ell La#s and
)ennis <itchie ,t was written in F$G
language and was designed to #e a
porta#le" multi+tas'ing and multi+user
system in a time+sharing configuration

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