Saturday, November 20, 2010

Linux Basics/What is Linux



it is an open-source version of the UNIX operating system.

what is the  use of Linux ???

1: it is free

2:we can modify Linux kernel according to our hard ware

3:all the tools in Linux almost free

4: we are getting lot of support from  open source




Linux Standard Directory Structure


/ - the topmost

/dev - all the devices are accessible as files

/var - “variable” data such as mails, log files, databases

/usr - almost all the packages installed

/etc - configuration files

/home - home directories for all the users

/root - home directory of the privileged user root

/mnt - used to mount other directories/partitions.

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