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...

I recently started learning Linux operating system. I have a windows machine. I searched for what are the possible ways available to work with Linux. I ended up with more ways to install Linux and work with it. WSL is one of the simplest ways to get started with Linux on windows. So, I'll be sharing my learnings about WSL. It's obvious that to learn Linux one should have a Linux-based machine to work with and execute commands. There are four possible ways to get started with Linux. Possible ways to work with Linux Building a Linux-based computer which is quite expensive. I myself don't prefer to build a machine when I am a Student. Installing and using Linux in dual boot mode with your existing Windows using a virtual box. This is one of my preferred ways but it consumes more storage. So, this too fails. And the next way is to create instances in cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, and Azure and using remotely. Also, there is no cost associated with it. Because major cloud platf...