WHAT IS LINUX

As you move in this world of hacking.You will realise the importance of linux for hackers,programmers,geeks.

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 What exactly is linux&its importance

Linux is an operating system based on unix.Some other common operating systems are Unix (and its variants BSD, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, and others); DOS; Microsoft Windows; Amiga; and Mac OS.

Linux was originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers from around the globe. Linux is free to download, edit and distribute. Linux is a very powerful operating system and it is gradually becoming popular throughout the world.

World's fastest supercomputer uses linux so you can realise how powerful linux can be.

Linux is free operating system not like windows where you have to pay thousands of $$ costing half of the hardware of pc.Linux is an open source means anyone can edit it legally as per his/her convenience.

There are many distributions of linux available -ubuntu,madvira,fedora,open suse,mint etc


But desktop market 7-15% bcuz its not easy to use it..but once u get habit of it i bet ull spit on windows

ADVANTAGES

1)FAR FAR BETTER SECURITY THAN WINDOWS -- Nowadays you can easily see windows remote exploit flying around.Yes windows is easy to attack as compared to linux.

2)RESOURCES AVAILABLE BY DEFAULT-many software addons drivers are already installed on it

3)GOOD FOR HACKING - There are distributions specially designed for hackers backtrack,weaknet,blackbuntu,secmic etc

4)ITS FREE NOT LIKE WINDOWS (WHO WILL PAY THOUSANDS OF $$ )
the only linux which costs some pennies is redhat.

5)LIVE CD-One of the best feature you can run it without evan affecting your hd

DISADVANTAGES
 
1)NOT MANY S/W companies supporting linux based softwares

2)NOT EASY AS WINDOWS --Its command based,&requires tweaking.

3)EXE SUPPORT-basic extension exe is not supported but you can run them via WINE

What for beginners?where to start from

Well i would suggest ubuntu(only linux for humans) as it has largest community support so if you have any problem it could be easily resolved easily and its much user friendly linux

grab these 2 books linux bible&ubuntu unleashed.These books have good data for linux and ubuntu if you want to learn linux more deeply.


for linux tweaks and tutorial we wont post them on hb u can find them on basicgeeks.com

upcoming updates:linux distributions for hackers :)




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