Linux Distros

Welcome to the second blogpost in the series "Linux for Beginners".
Today we will be learning about Linux Distros.

You may have heard from black screen guys that we have this or that distro.
So what actually distro  are ?

Here we will understand what are Linux distors and how many are they.

As we studied earlier that Linux is an open source kernel, it is used by many organizations profit and non profit.
These guys take the liberty of the open source kernel to program the OS as per their requirement.

This different types of Linux OS are called as distros or Linux distributions.

So How many distributions are out there?

There are hundreds of Linux operating systems or distributions available over the Internet.

These distros are always designed with a specific purpose.

There is an distro customized for web server(Apache)

There is an distro customized for proxy(Squid)

There is an distro customized for Pen testing(Kali)

There is also an distro customized for Desktop version(Ubuntu)

Lets us see few example:

Debian
It is extremely stable, and this makes it ideal for servers.

Ubuntu
Is the second most used Linux OS and normally seen as desktop OS.

Damn Vulnerable Linux
This intention OS is to bundled all broken, ill-configured, outdated, and exploitable software that will makes it vulnerable to attacks.
Its aims to train Linux Admins

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
It has evolved from Red Hat Linux which was discontinued in 2004.
It is a commercial Distro and very popular among its clientele.

CentOS
It is a free enterprise class Operating system and is based heavily on Red Hat enterprise distro.
It’s is an Most used Linux Distribution for enterprise and web servers.

Adnroid
This is the latest example of one of the most popular smartphone based Linux Distribution.

So which is the Best Linux Distribution !

Is it Redhat
Is it Ubuntu
It it Cento OS
or
Is it Android

No, each Linux distribution is built for a specific purpose  to meet the demands of its target users.

Thank you friends for reading the blog post on Linux Distros.

Now we are very clear what are Linux destroys
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