Linux is a very well known operating system for the computer. This operating system lies on the Unix family and it can be said that LINUX is graphical user interface or GUI version of the Unix. The kernel used in the Linux operating system is of the monolithic format. The Linux is one of the best examples among the software family that are available for the free circulation. Now it should be noted that this is an open source code type of software and one can modify and develop the source code at own wish. One can redistribute the Linux softwares if they want.

The kernel of Linux was first out for the first time to the civic on 17th of September 1991. The kernel was created for computers based on the Intel x86 computer architecture. The Linux kernel was amplified with the system utilities and the libraries from the well-known GNU project to generate the utilizable operating system for the computers that led to a substitute term called the ‘GNU’ or the ‘Linux’. Linux is enclosed for the different utilizations in the Linux distributions that contain the sometimes-modified kernel with the diversity of the other ‘software packages’ modified for the special necessities.

Mainly known for its utilizations in the servers, Linux is carried with help by the corporations like the International Business Machines, Red Hat, Oracle Corporation, Dell, Novell, Hewlett-Packard, and also by the Sun Microsystems. It is utilized as the operating system for the wide diversity of the computer hardware, like the desktop computers, video game systems like the PlayStation 2 or the PlayStation3, the supercomputers, some of the arcade games, and most importantly the entrenched devices, like the mobile phones and the routers.

Let us come to the features of the Linux distribution now.

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