Every time you switch on your computer, you see a screen where you can perform different activities like write, browse the internet or watch a video. What is it that makes the computer hardware work like that? How does the processor on your computer know that you are asking it to run a mp3 file?
Well, it is the operating system or the kernel which does this work. A kernel is the program at the heart of any operating system that takes care of fundamental stuff, like letting hardware communicate with software
So, to work on your computer you need an Operating System(OS) .In fact, you are using one as you read this on your computer. Now, you may have used popular OS\'s like Windows, Apple OS X but here we will learn what Linux is and what benefits it offers over other OS choices.