Introduction to Linux Flashcards
Introduction to Linux
is all about understanding the history, philosophy, and the concepts of Linux.
The Linux Foundation
is the world’s leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data.
It was created by ____ in 1991
Linus Torvalds
It is an open-source operating system
Linux
There are three major Linux distribution families that currently exist.
Red Hat Family Systems (including CentOS and Fedora)
SUSE Family Systems (including openSUSE)
Debian Family Systems (including Ubuntu and Linux Mint).
heads the family that includes CentOS, CentOS Stream, Fedora and Oracle Linux.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
It used more often for activities, demonstrations, and labs because there is no cost to the end user
CentOS/CentOS Stream
The difference between the two versions is
CentOS Stream gets updates before RHEL, while CentOS gets them after.
serves as an upstream testing platform for RHEL.
Fedora
is a close clone of RHEL and been part of Red Hat since 2014
CentOS
It supports multiple hardware platforms
Red Hat Distribution
is widely used by enterprises which host their own systems
RHEL
RHEL means
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
distribution is upstream for several other distributions, including Ubuntu
Debian
is upstream for Linux Mint and a number of other distributions. It is commonly used on both servers and desktop computers
Ubuntu
is a pure open source community project (not owned by any corporation) and has a strong focus on stability.
Debian
provides by far the largest and most complete software repository to its users of any Linux distribution.
Debian
aims at providing a good compromise between long term stability and ease of use
Ubuntu
has been widely used for cloud deployments
Ubuntu
is built on top of Debian and is GNOME-based under the hood
Ubuntu
The material produced by The Linux Foundation is
Distribution-flexible
is an open source computer operating system, initially developed on and for Intel x86-based personal computers. It has been subsequently ported to an astoundingly long list of other hardware platforms, from tiny embedded appliances to the world’s largest supercomputers.
Linux
was a student in Helsinki, Finland, in 1991, when he started a project: writing his own operating system kernel.
Linus Torvalds
He also collected together and/or developed the other essential ingredients required to construct an entire operating system with his kernel at the center. It wasn’t long before this became known as the
Linux Kernel