Introduction to Linux

• Linux is well known and widely used kernel assembled with various type of utilities which provide facility to use machine hardware in efficient way and robust manner :) .

• linux is open source project (started by Linus Torvalds in 1991), which is the plus point from user view point because user can customize or  reconfigure it according to his/her need.

•  Linux is free software and anyone can contribute to Linux community for development purpose

•   Now-a-days, linux is available in command line as well graphical interface . so user can go for the one which suits him/her best :)

• Linux is widely use as server machine and in research purpose  because of its performance, accuracy and customization ability .

• Here is some 'iso' link of some linux distro.

Ubunut:- 

Desktop version 

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

Server version

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server

BackBox(security testing ubuntu based distro) :-

http://www.backbox.org/downloads

Arch Linux:-

http://archbang.org/download

Centos:-

this is mosly used for web hosting server ;)

here is download link for 32/64 bit hardware system

http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/6/isos/