What is Linux® distribution?
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Linux® distribution is the Linux® version that includes a combination of the Linux® computer operating system and a number of other software packages that are connected together. Linux® distribution comes in varieties from very simplified to fully functional operating systems and can be used on personal computers and servers. Linux® distribution has been developed so that Linux® was more accessible to users who were not UNIX, another operating system from 60 and 70, experts.
Linux® is free, open-source code, computer operating system similar to UNIX®. "Open-Mource Code" means that programmers have released the programming code that works. Programmers will release the code so that other programmers around the world can customize and improve. In general, Linux® distribution software is also open-source; However, some companies have in their distributions and TH proprietary software program does not work.
Computer operating system is software that controlsthe functioning of the computer. Many operating systems such as Microsoft Windows® are not open source.
There are approximately three hundred distribution Linux® in circulation. Each Linux® distribution is slightly different and meets a slightly different computing need. Some of the most popular Linux® distributions are Red Hat, Ubuntu and Madriva. Each of these distributions was connected together, tested for stability and then packed for release. Computer users can download distribution on the Internet for free, or they can pay a low price and buy Linux® distribution to CD.
Linux® distribution tends to have many software packages. The installation program has the option to install each package or adaptation of the installation. An example of a package is a web browser. This differs from the operating system, such as Microsoft Windows XP®, which limits the level to which the installation can be adapted.
thereforeE Linux® software is open-source, is constantly upgraded, modified and changed by computer programmers around the world. Since new technologies and use for Linux® are being developed, the software is upgraded and new distributions are created to release computer users.