Linux Overview in 5 minutes

What is Linux?

Linux is an open source and most used operating system created in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. It is widely used in the software industry for developing and maintaining highly robust application. It offers security, privacy, task automation, system updates and it is developer friendly in nature. It has pre installed tools and binaries that helps in the various phases of SDLC.

The benefits of using Linux

It offers a free operating system. You do not have to spend hundreds of dollars to get the OS like Windows!

• Being open-source, anyone with programming knowledge can modify it.
• The Linux operating systems now offer millions of programs/applications to choose from, most of them free!
• Once you have Linux installed you no longer need an antivirus! Linux is a highly secure system. More so, there is a global development community constantly looking at ways to enhance its security. With each upgrade, the OS becomes more secure and robust
• Linux is the OS of choice for Server environments due to its stability and reliability (Mega-companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Google use Linux for their Servers). A Linux based server could run non-stop without a reboot for years on end.

Linux Distros:

There are two types of distributions on which linux has been distributed.

1. Debian Based: