Introduction to Linux Operating system basics

Introduction to Linux Operating system basics

The birth of Linux is still more dramatic, at the end of the last century, as commercial companies introduced UNIX operating systems and almost monopolistic charges, causing worldwide dissatisfaction, people unite to use the GNU released open source software to develop Linux, Individuals believe that the birth of Linux is essentially the triumph of open source software against commercial software.

A complete operating system consists of the kernel, the shell, the file system, and the application of the four parts.

1. The kernel consists of five subsystems, including process scheduling, memory management, virtual file system, network interface and interprocess communication, and the functions of the kernel are: drive hardware, resource allocation, process management, file system Management, security protection and so on. The shell and file system are not much to say.

2. Applications generally consist of: (1) binary files, (2) library files, header files, (3) configuration files, (4) Help files four parts.

Linux has the advantages of stability, high efficiency, low configuration requirements, low cost of use, high security, many users, strong network support, convenient control, etc., I believe that Linux will be more widely used, involving more fields.

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Introduction to Linux Operating system basics