Linux - What is Linux and why is it so popular? - August
21, 2008 at 22:00 pm by Rajmeet Ghai
What is Linux and why is it so popular?
Answer
Linux is an operating system that uses UNIX like Operating system.
However, unlike UNIX, Linux is an open source and free software. Linux was
originally created by Linus Torvalds and commonly used in servers.
Popularity of Linux is because of the following reasons
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It is free and open source. We can download Linux for free and customize it as
per our needs.
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It is very robust and adaptable.
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Immense amount of libraries and utilities
Linux - What is Linux and why is it so popular? - May 11,
2009 at 13:00 pm by Vidya Sagar
What is Linux and why is it so popular?
Linux is a multiuser, multitask GUI based open source operating system developed
by Linus Torvalds Torvalds has invited the community to enhance the Linux
kernel and thousands of system programmers worked on to enhance.
Prior to Linux, there is UNIX. The desktop work stations from various companies
were based on UNIX. Later a numerous companies entered and each one of them had
their own UNIX version. As the proprietary authority is owned by each company
and the lack of central authority weaken UNIX. As Linux is free and runs on any
PC platform it gained the popularity very quickly. The following are few more
reasons for its popularity:
- People who are familiar with UNIX can work on Linux with ease and comfort.
- People who want great control over network security and on operating system
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