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Linux Open House Exposition

An operating system (O.S.) manages computer hardware and provides services for programs, with examples including Android, iOS, and Windows. Linux, a free and open-source operating system, is defined by its kernel and allows users to modify and distribute the software. While Linux offers advantages like price, stability, and security, it also has disadvantages such as support and hardware compatibility issues.

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Linux Open House Exposition

An operating system (O.S.) manages computer hardware and provides services for programs, with examples including Android, iOS, and Windows. Linux, a free and open-source operating system, is defined by its kernel and allows users to modify and distribute the software. While Linux offers advantages like price, stability, and security, it also has disadvantages such as support and hardware compatibility issues.

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Operating System (O.S.

)
An operating system (O.S.) is the
main program which manages
computer hardware resources and
provides common services for
computer programs. The operating
system is an essential component of
the system software in a computer
system and allow an interaction with
the user.
Examples of popular modern
operating systems are: Android, BSD,
iOS, Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft
Windows, etc.
Linux
Linux is a big group of
operating systems under the
model of free and open source
software development and
distribution. The defining
component of Linux is the Linux
kernel,
an operating system kernel first
released on 5th October 1991,
by Linus Torvalds.
Open Source Fundaments

0.- Liberty of use the program with any purpose.


1.- Liberty of study how the system works and
modify it according your needs.
2.- Liberty of distribute copies of the program in
order to help other people.
3.- Liberty of improve the program and make
those improvements public to the people, so the
whole community could be favored.
Popular Linux Distributions
The X-Window System

In other Operating Systems, GUI (Graphical User


Interface) is an integral part of system, but in Linux
X-Window is an additional application. Linux is
completly functional without the need of a
graphical mode.

Some X-Window Systems in Linux are:

GNOME, KDE, LXDE, Unity, Cinnamon, etc


Linux: Advantages and
Disadvantages

Advantages:
Disadvantages:
●Price
●Requirements ●Support
●Stability ●Simplicity
●Security ●Software
●Compatibility ●Hardware
●Speed
●Comunity

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