An analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the Linux operating system

Despite the fact that Linux system does not have the UNIX operating system that's legendary history, but its development also has nearly 14 years.

In many ways, Linux-compromise is a UNIX variants. LinusTorvalds created Linux, he was a student at the same time is also a hacker, Linux operating system in 1984, the evolution from Minux to GNU project (GNU is not Unix), it officially released in 1994 by the GPL license. Unlike proprietary Unix systems, each section has a proprietary hardware manufacturers to maintenance, maintenance of Linux is in the world of thousands of developers to work together, to write, test, and the strengthening of the code. Although as the Manager of the Linux kernel, Linux is still in its role to play, but Linux system release has taken control of the Terminal market, the products have been sold to companies around the world. To date, the two top Linux variants is RedHat and Novell's SUSE. Here are some of the key advantages of Linux: truly open operating system Linux, maybe the biggest selling points is its selectivity for the customer. From hardware to support to Linux release, you can have many choices. You can be a value of $ old PC running Linux system, you can also use it as an LPAR (luoji partition) run in worth millions of dollars of p595IBMp series server (you need in RHEL4 or SLES9 to choose between), you may even be able to run Linux on the IBM host system. Use Linux, you will no longer be and hardware distributors in conflict. Although Unix has been defined as an open system, but the reality is that you normally would with a hardware vendor bundled together. Linux is a truly open systems. Vulnerability patches and security patch once, you can take weeks to wait from the suppliers of the latest vulnerability fixes or security patches to repair your operating system (OS) vulnerability? however, using Linux, your wait time just a few days or even hours. Open source community will very quickly to pass the endless development cycle, which used to publish only in traditional channels.