Thread: Linux operating system

This operating system is one of the most popular operating systems. Most of the computer industries are now prefer Linux operating system. It automatically adjusts the cache memory size according to the user requirement. Linux has more developed features such as multi-tasking, multi processing, multi -user access, demand load executables, paging, architecture independents and dynamic cache

• Multitasking:

In multitasking process several programs running simultaneously at the same time.

• Multi-user:

In multi-user process at the same time number of users can use same system at the same time.



• Multiplatform:

It is platform independent so that can be run on any CPU configuration.

• Multiprocessor:

SMP support is available on the Intel and SPARC platforms (with work currently in progress on other platforms), and Linux is used in several loosely¬coupied MP applications, including Beowulf systems and the Fujitsu AP1 000+. SPARC-based supercompUTer.

• Multithreading:

A single process memory space can contr-ol multip[e independent threads• with the support of native kernel.