Monday 3 February 2020

Architecture of Linux

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Hope you all are doing good.

In this article, we will know about Linux architecture.

Below diagram depicts the Linux architecture.


Hardware: Hardware layer of the LINUX operating system consists of peripheral devices such as RAM, HDD, CPU.

Kernal: The kernel is the core part of the operating system, which is responsible for all the major activities of the LINUX operating system like Resource Allocation, Security Management, Process Management, Device Management, Scheduling, Memory Management...,etc

Shell: The shell is an interface between the user and the kernel, and it provides services of the kernel. It takes commands from the user and executes kernel’s functions.

Types of shells are classified into four:
  • Korn shell
  • Bourne shell
  • C shell
  • POSIX shell
Utilities: Utility programs that provide the user most of the functionalities of an operating systems.

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