An open source platform which made great impact in technology.

Linux is free, open source, monolithic, multitasking platform formed from Unix like operating systems. It is basically a kernel software which can customized based on the requirements of user as the kernel source code is open to public under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only (GPL-2.0). The linux system forms with the combination of application software, libraries and tools etc., Further Linux open source platform which have made great impact in technology.

The linux kernel is developed by group of developers all around the world leaded by Linus Torvalds in 1991. The features of linux operating system includes:

Multiuser Capacity – At a time multiple users can login into one system.
Multitasking – At a time multiple users can do multiple tasks simultaneously.
Security – It is robust in terms of security and helps to harden the system on the core.
File System – It can be used to create to larger size of file systems in terms of TBs or PBs, can be extended in future needs.
Application Support – It supports vast amount of application software.
Open Source – It can be customized according user needs.
Shell – With shell, complex tasks can be performed using commands in seconds.
Stability – It withstands longer period of time without reboot.
Portability – It can be portable to different hardware.