Crescent Technocrats Club

  I hope many of you are familiar with the term "Linux". But my question is what is Linux? Some of you will say Linux is an OS while some of you will say Linux is a kernel. Actually, Linux is a kernel and not an OS. So, first, let's understand what a kernel is. Then the difference between OS and kernel. Kernel A kernel is one of the system software in Operating Systems which acts as a bridge between applications and hardware components. Operating System vs Kernel The operating system is a bridge between user and hardware while Kernel is a bridge between applications and hardware. An operating system is a system software while Kernel is a software which is a part of the OS. All operating systems need a kernel to run. When you boot the computer, OS is the first program that loads while the kernel is the first program that loads when OS loads. Example of the kernel: Linux  Examples of OS: Ubuntu, Fedora, Kali Linux Distributions Linux Distributions or Linux Distros are the o...