Linux Operating System

Linux is a popular operating system. The OS family of Linux is Unix-like. Linux is free and open source software. As it is free, so you can freely modified it, and redistributed by anyone. Linux is very much popular in server configuration. Numbers of cpanels are working on Linux platform. However Linux is also popular in embedded devices and mobile phones to supercomputers. You can easily installed Linux on desktop and laptop computers.

Programming on Linux

You can perform numbers of programming languages on Linux operating system. Perl, Ruby, Python, PHP, C/C++, Intel C++ Compiler, Sun Studio, Java, and Fortran are some of the most popular languages can be used in Linux operating system.

Where to download Linux

You can download Linux operating system from the official website of Linux at Linux.org

Knoppix : Free and Open Source Live Linux CD