Chrome OS is incredibly powerful and versatile, running on a variety of hardware and can also run a variety of apps. In addition to running Android apps from the Play Store, it’s also possible to run full Linux apps. For many users, the basic Chromebook functionality is just fine. You may be wondering “Can linux […]
Category: Linux
When did linux first come out?
Linux began in 1991 as a personal project by Finnish student Linus Torvalds: to write a new free operating system kernel. The resulting Linux kernel has been marked by constant growth throughout its history. When we were reading we ran into the query “When did you first use Linux?”. Linux has its roots way back […]
Does linux come with python?
Well python does not come on ALL GNU/Linux distros but is present on most of the popular Linux home user distributions (Ubuntu and Fedora Core for example), possibly because most of the application of Gnome desktop environment and KDE use python 2.5+ (not python 3 yet) interpreters. Python does not have any such special requirement […]
How linux os works?
Linux® is an open source operating system (OS). An operating system is the software that directly manages a system’s hardware and resources, like CPU, memory, and storage. The OS sits between applications and hardware and makes the connections between all of your software and the physical resources that do the work . Another common query […]
What linux can do?
Linux is an open-source operating system that allows you to run almost every major web development language available. You don’t need to pay for any software installation and you can find everything on the web. One answer is that you can do everything including, creating and removing file and directory, browsing the web, sending mail, […]
How many linux commands are there?
There are well over 100 Unix commands shared by the Linux kernel and other Unix-like operating systems. If you are interested in the commands frequently used by Linux sysadmins and power users, you’ve come to the place. Recently, I published a five-part series covering commands often used by Linux sysadmins. Moreover, how many commands are […]
How do linux servers work?
A Linux server is an efficient, powerful variant of the Linux open source operating system (OS). Linux servers are built to address the ever-increasing requirements of business applications like system and network administration, Web services and database management. Servers work through a fairly simple system of request and response serving up pages of web content […]
Where do linux programs install?
Some packages (programs) will create a sub-directory within /usr/local to store all of their relevant files in, such as /usr/local/openssl. Other packages will install their necessary files into existing directories such as /usr/local/sbin and /usr/local/etc. One query we ran across in our research was “Where does linux install programs?”. There is no C: Program Files […]
Should I install linux on my laptop?
Here, we look at how to put Linux on your PC with the minimum of fuss. To install Linux on a computer or laptop, you will need: A suitable target device (the PC or laptop) – note that installing Linux is destructive to existing data on your computer, so a clean system is recommended. Can […]
Which linux system is best?
Linux Mint is arguably the best Ubuntu-based Linux distribution suitable for beginners . Yes, it is based on Ubuntu, so you should expect the same advantages of using Ubuntu. However, instead of GNOME desktop, it offers different desktop environments like Cinnamon, Xfce, and MATE. In fact, Linux Mint does a few things better than Ubuntu. […]