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Linux and Ubuntu:

People often say that Linux operating system, Ubuntu operating system, this name is not correct, strictly speaking, Linux is not an operating system, but belongs to a kernel of the operating system

Because Linux is open source and free, programmers can change it according to their own interests and inspiration and combine it into the operating system they want.

There are many operating systems with Linux as the kernel. We call this operating system the distribution version of linux, or directly use linux to refer to the operating system with linux as the kernel.

Linux and Unix

Linux is usually called similar to Unix, but there is a big difference between the two.

The manufacturers of unix are basically co-developed by hardware and software, so the versatility of unix system is not high, and it is mainly specially designed for special hardware, so its performance and stability are excellent. Linux is indeed a general-purpose system, and most manufacturers do not produce their own hardware (only a few manufacturers like redhat do so, so they make a lot of money), so the biggest advantage of linux is its good compatibility, but this determines that the performance can not be played to the extreme.

Commercially speaking, due to the above performance differences, it has led to two different business models, unix software and hardware sold together, and very expensive (except freebsd), while linux only sells software, mostly free (manufacturers like radhat who take the unix road, or a few); therefore, unix is suitable for large enterprises, while linux is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and individuals.

Linux and Ubuntu

Because linux is open source free software, different people, different communities or companies can "assemble" an operating system with the linux kernel according to their own ideas. Ubuntu is a linux distribution, which means that ubuntu is an operating system with linux as its kernel. So in fact, ubuntu and linux are not the same concept at all. If Linux refers to human beings, then Ubuntu is just a person named Ubuntu.

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