June 2003
Intermediate to advanced
464 pages
10h 33m
English
Today, Linux is a worthy alternative to other well-known operating systems. As an operating system, Linux offers benefits such as:
Full functionality.
Like other operating systems, Linux has components for systems management, security, and performance. Throughout its history, Linux has been enhanced with additional functions as they have been needed, at rapid speed.
Architecture independence.
Linux started out as a personal computer (PC) operating system, but enthusiasts soon ported it to other platforms. Linus Torvalds himself ported it to the Alpha platform and, while doing so, introduced an abstraction layer between the hardware and the operating system. This allows the system to be compiled on different ...