Linux is the foundation of many opearting systems like Android, Arch Linux, Debian Linux, Gentoo Linux, Ubuntu, Mandriva Linux, Pc, red hut Linux, Sabayon Linux, Slackware, Suse Linux. Having dominancy in android OS smartphone, Linux has highly installed in the general-purpose operating system. It was originally developed for Intel x86 computers but later, ported to other platforms as well. Linux kernel was first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Ubuntu released on 20 October 2004 and it’s latest released version is Ubuntu 19.4 (18 April 2019).

Many companies in the market make various Linux OS and core kernel with all components but Linux kernel is developed and maintained by Linux foundation. They give special privilege to some highly qualified developers for being part of their free software foundation as Linux/GNU to build a better community. It provides all necessary components (tools, service and programmes) for a fully operating system. It is the most-used OS for desktop and server application. Linux is an open-source platform where user can download it and modify its source code.

Linux is a popular open-source operating system which is also referred to as Linux kernel. Ubuntu has free software available for all and funded through a portfolio of services provided by canonical. Hence Mark Shuttleworth decided to make a team of developers from the one of established project Debian and create an easy to use Linux desktop: Ubuntu.

Linux was already established in 2004, but it was not open source for every user. Linux has come with a lot of distros and its popular distribution is Ubuntu. Ubuntu and Mac are the second most common desktop OS after windows.

In general, OS is a software that allows users to run other application programmes in a computing device. (source: Wiki).Īll major platforms (hardware and software) require an operating system. An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.

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