WINDOWS & LINUX

INTRODUCTION:

This training will introduce you to Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Start integrating the best aspects of both Windows and Linux into your developer workflow.

OBJECTIVES:

• Describe the Windows + Linux development environment that Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) enables, as well as the advantages over a traditional VM or dual-booting.
• Install and run a Linux distribution or multiple distributions running side-by-side.
• Describe the features WSL offers for using both Windows and Linux command-line tools and GUI applications.
• Run basic WSL, Bash, and PowerShell commands.HISTORY:A popular open-source operating system is Linux. It was initially created by Linus Torvalds in 1991. At the time, Torvalds was a computer science student at the University of Helsinki, Finland and began working on the Linux project as a personal endeavour. The name Linux is a combination of his first name, Linus, and Unix, the operating system that inspired his projects. At the time, most operating systems were proprietary and expensive. Torvalds wanted to create an operating system that was freely available to anyone who wanted to use the operating system, He originally released Linux as free software under the GNU General Public License. This meant that anyone could use, modify, and redistribute his source code. Early versions of Linux were primarily used by technology enthusiasts and software developers, but over time it has grown in popularity and is used in various types of devices such as servers, smartphones, and embedded systems. Linux is considered one of the most stable, secure and reliable operating systems and is widely used in servers, supercomputers and enterprise environments. Today, Linux is one of the most widely used operating systems in the world, with an estimated 2.76% of all desktop computers and more than 90% of the world’s top supercomputers running on Linux, and approx. 71.85% of all mobile devices run on Android, which is, you guessed it, Linux-based. The Linux community has expanded to include thousands of developers and users who work on the creation and upkeep of the operating system. Nowadays Linux has many distributions (versions)namely:

1. Ubuntu
2. Fedora
3. Arch
4. Plasma
5. KDE
6. Mint
7. Manjaro