About Linux

Linux is a free, open-source operating system. All of DigitalOcean’s offered operating 

systems are Linux distributions.

Linux has been under active development since 1991. It has evolved to be versatile 

and is used all over the world, from web servers to cellphones.

DigitalOcean offers Linux distributions on droplets because Linux is free and easy to 

About Linux

Linux is a free, open-source operating system. All of DigitalOcean’s offered operating

systems are Linux distributions.

Linux has been under active development since 1991. It has evolved to be versatile

and is used all over the world, from web servers to cellphones. 

DigitalOcean offers Linux distributions on droplets because Linux is free and easy to 

use.

However, newcomers to Linux may find it difficult to approach the structure of an 

unfamiliar operating system.

This guide gently introduces key terminal skills and equips newcomers to learn more 

about Linux.

Linux is an operating system's kernel. You might have heard of UNIX. Well, Linux 

is a UNIX clone. But it was actually created by Linus Torvalds from Scratch. Linux is 

free and open-source, that means that you can simply change anything in Linux and 

redistribute it in your own name! There are several Linux Distributions, commonly 

called “distros”.

 Ubuntu Linux

 Red Hat Enterprise Linux

 Linux Mint

 Debian

 Fedora

Linux is Mainly used in servers. About 90% of the internet is powered by Linux 

servers. This is because Linux is fast, secure, and free! The main problem of using 

Windows servers are their cost. This is solved by using Linux servers. The OS that 

runs in about 80% of the smartphones in the world, Android, is also made from the 

Linux kernel. Most of the viruses in the world run on Windows, but not on Linux!