What is Linux? Linux is an operating system similar to — though, as we’ll see, not directly descended from — Unix. Like most Unix-like OSes, Linux is made up of several components.

The operating system is one of the essential components when it is all about Cloud hosting. User’s inclination towards Linux for cloud computing is because of its diverse features.

Free Standards Group, which includes IBM, Dell, Red Hat and Sun, announces list of components in attempt to create standardized Linux desktop distributions.

After all, Linux is open, it’s free, it performs beautifully on a wide range of hardware, and there is a massive library of open and commercial Linux software.

Kernel drivers are the bridge between the Linux operating system and the hardware components of a computer. They play a crucial role in managing and facilitating communication between the OS and ...

Though hardware compatibility with Linux improves with each passing day, users of the free and open source operating system can still encounter problems with particular devices and components ...

Major technology companies are consolidating their support into the Linux Foundation to help the operating system compete more effectively against Microsoft.

This might be what Google is doing with its new operating system, codenamed Fuchsia. The new operating system will run on a wide range of devices, including IoT devices, phones and PCs.

25 years after Linus Torvalds unveiled Linux, the free operating system is still finding new uses.

However, for the Linux guest operating system to perform at its best, it needs additional components that Microsoft calls Linux Integration Components.