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Introduction to Linux

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Introduction to Linux

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- In this video, let's talk about what Linux is. With the emergence of the internet and new technologies, Linux has become so common that it's now become a household name. But what exactly is it? Well Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems that is developed as a distribution. It has been the operating system of choice for many educational and commercial institutions due to its robustness and its extremely low cost of acquisition. Linux distributions include the Linux kernel and the supporting system software as well as libraries to provide features which users are going to interact with. You may have heard of popular Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora but there are hundreds if not thousands of other ones currently in development. Linux's popularity is mainly because it's open-source software which allows anyone to freely download it, modify it, and redistribute it. Now…

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