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What are the development prospects of linux? Many novices are not very clear about this. In order to help you solve this problem, the following editor will explain it in detail. People with this need can come and learn. I hope you can gain something.

At present, a large number of enterprises use Linux as a server. After you get employment in the future, you will find that web servers such as Tomcat and jobss are all built on linux. The databases we need to learn later, such as mysql, oracle, db2, or greenplum, are also built using linux in enterprises.

Why do you want to learn Linux

In the ranking of the strong operating systems of the global supercomputer TOP500, the proportion of Linux has been maintained at more than 85% for a long time in the last decade, and has been showing a rapid upward trend. According to the 2016 ranking, the share of Linux has reached 98.80%.

In fact, in the field of server applications in a variety of large and small and medium-sized enterprises, the market share of Linux system is getting closer and closer to this ratio, which is enough to show how excellent Linux's performance is.

Many beginners have a very confused question: "I have heard of Linux, but learning linux system, what can you do on it, or what can linux system do specifically?" with this question, let's first understand the relationship between Linux and open source software, as well as the application field and future development trend of Linux.

1. Linux and open source software

Linux is a free and open source UNIX-like operating system whose kernel was first released by Linastoise in 1991 and then became the Linux operating system after adding user-space applications.

Strictly speaking, Linux is just the operating system kernel itself, but the "Linux kernel" is usually used to express this meaning. Linux, on the other hand, is often used to refer to a complete operating system based on the Linux kernel, which includes GUI components and many other utilities.

The GNU General Public license Agreement (GNU General Public License, referred to as GNU GPL or GPL) is a widely used free software license agreement, which was originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. GPL gives the definition of free software to computer programs. Any product derived from GPL software development must be released under a GPL license and must disclose the source code.

Linux is the most famous example of the development of free software and open source software. As long as you follow the GNU General Public license, any person or organization is free to use all the underlying source code of Linux, or to modify and redistribute it.

With the rapid development of Linux operating system, a variety of open source software and utilities integrated on Linux have been applied and popularized. therefore, Linux has also become synonymous with open source software.

2. The development of Linux in server field.

With the increasing influence of open source software in the world, Linux server operating system occupies more and more market share in the whole server operating system market pattern, and has formed the situation of large-scale market application. And maintain a rapid growth rate. Especially in government, finance, agriculture, transportation, telecommunications and other key areas of the country.

In addition, considering the rapid growth of Linux and the support of relevant national policies, Linux server products will certainly be able to impact the larger server market. According to the statistics of authoritative departments, Linux has occupied 75% of the market share in the server field. at the same time, the rapid rise of Linux in the server market has attracted great attention of the global IT industry, and has become the backbone of the server operating system field with a strong momentum.

3. The development of Linux in the desktop field

In recent years, especially in the domestic market, the development trend of Linux desktop operating system is very rapid. Linux desktop operating system, which is launched by domestic system software manufacturers such as Kirin Linux, Red Flag Linux and Deep Linux, has been widely used in government, enterprise, OEM and other fields.

In addition, SUSE and Ubuntu have also launched Linux-based desktop systems, especially Ubuntu Linux, which has accumulated a large number of community users. However, from the overall function and performance of the system, there is still a certain gap between Linux desktop system and Windows series, mainly in system ease of use, system management, software and hardware compatibility, software richness and so on.

4. Linux is widely used in embedded systems and development in the field.

Due to the low cost, powerful customization function and good porting performance of Linux, Linux is also widely used in embedded systems. At present, Linux is widely used in mobile phones, tablet computers, routers, televisions, video game consoles and other fields. The Android operating system is built on top of the Linux kernel.

At present, Android has become the most popular smartphone operating system in the world. According to the latest statistics from authoritative departments in 2015, the global market share of Android operating system has reached 84.6%.

5. Linux's development in the field of cloud computing / big data

The rapid development of the Internet industry promotes the formation and rapid development of cloud computing and big data industry. Cloud computing and big data, as a platform based on open source software, Linux occupies the core advantage. According to the research of Linux Foundation, 86% of enterprises have used Linux operating system for cloud computing and big data platform construction. At present, Linux has begun to replace Unix as the most popular cloud computing and big data platform operating system.

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