ð What is LINUX

Linux is a powerful and flexible family of operating systems that are free to use and share. It was created by a person named Linus Torvalds in 1991. This openness encourages people from all over the world to work together and make Linux better and better.

Linux is highly configurable and depends on a modular design that enables users to customize their own versions of Linux. Depending on the application, Linux can be optimized for different purposes as:

· networking performance

· computation performance

· Deployment on specific hardware platforms.

ð How to work Linux OS
The Linux operating system follows of standard design that's the key to its several distributions and variations. Every Linux distribution is based on the Linux kernel.

The Linux kernel is the main component of a Linux operating system and is the core interface between a computer’s hardware and its processes. It communicates between the 2, managing resources as efficiently as possible.

For the desktop, Linux is available in a variety of variants and popular distributions like Ubuntu, Linux Mint, OpenSUSE, Fedora, and Debian. Each distribution takes a different approach to the desktop.

Linux Desktop Environment

ð System Library
Linux uses system libraries, also known as shared libraries, to implement various functionalities of the operating system. These libraries contain pre-written code that applications can use to perform specific tasks. By using these libraries, developers can save time and effort, as they don’t need to write the same code repeatedly.

ð Advantages of Linux

Ø The main advantage of Linux is it is an open-source operating system. This means the source code is easily available for everyone and you are allowed to contribute, modify and distribute the code to anyone without any permissions.

Ø The software updates in Linux are easy and frequent.

Ø The performance of the Linux system is much higher than other operating systems. It allows a large number of people to work at the same time and it handles them efficiently.

Ø It is fast and easy to install from the web. It can also install it on any hardware even on your old computer system.

ð essential Linux commands for beginners

Ø cd: Change directory

Ø mkdir: Create a new directory

Ø rm: Remove files or directories

Ø cp: Copy files and directories

Ø mv: Move or rename files and directories

Ø cat: Display file content

Ø grep: Search for text in files

Ø sudo: Execute commands with administrative privileges.