What is Linux ?

Linux is an Free / Open source Operating system . It is named after Linus Torvalds – the creator of Linux kernel . It is also referred to as GNU/Linux (GNU slash Linux) giving credit to the GNU project components that the make the OS complete in addition to the kernel .Linux has various distributions owned and supported by various communities . To name a few are as follows – Arch Linux , Fedora Linux , Linux Mint,Android ,Debian Linux etc.,

What is a linux Kernel ?

Kernel is the heart of the Operating System . It is mostly Composed of Device Drives Supporting Various hardware that is ported to the OS .

Linux File System

Linux follows a hierarchical file system starting from “/” which is referred to as root .