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Linux Operating System

Linux is a free Unix-like operating system that was developed on the Internet. Linus Torvalds first created it, and then he put the source code on his web page. After that, hackers and programmers developed it. With time, it became a big organization and now it is a powerful, advanced operating system. It has important features that are not available with other operating systems. You can run Linux with other operating systems such as MacOS, DOS, Windows, Novell, or OS/2 on the same machine. This is an advantage of Linux so that a user can easily compare Linux with other operating systems. (Unix for Dummies) (Firstlinux.com)
Unlike Windows, Linux is capable of running on a large ...

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hackers. This minimizes the number of viruses capable of affecting a Linux system. If we think about it, there are many viruses for Windows that can harm your system. Linux is a stable Operating System. You can kill an individual process that is not replying with kill command vs. shutting down your system in Windows. Linux has true multitasking properties. You can run up to twelve processes at the same time with no performance loss. Microsoft claims that Windows has the capability of multitasking but you cannot run two processes at the same time. Linux has virtual memory. That means that you can use your hard disk as memory. You can make a swap partition on your hard disk and Linux uses it like memory. If you have 16Mb of ram and 64Mb of swap place that equals memory of 80Mb for Linux. So you can run Linux on only 8Mb of ram and 16Mb of swap place. Windows requires at least 16Mb of ram (32Mb is recommended). Users that have limited systems can use Linux, whereas they ...

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