We live in the age of information technology and computers. Most of the things we do today, we use a computer to do it. Education, work, communication, research, and even transactions are done via this wonder of modern science. Now let us talk about a little bit about how these machines work. However, we will only focus on the software aspect of it for the purposes of this article. Every computer uses an operating system of some sort. And the most popular operating systems for desktop and laptop computers today are the Microsoft Windows and Apple’s Mac OS (Operating System). There is a reason for the popularity of these operating systems. Other softwares and applications are readily available for these operating systems, and most software publishers optimize their products for these operating systems, because they are so popular. However, their popularity is also their weakness. As the cyber criminals are always on the lookout to find a vulnerable computer to exploit, and since these are the most prolific Operating systems in the world, cyber criminals are most likely to have tools to exploits of these systems readily available. But today, we are going to talk about Linux, an open source operating system that currently holds only a small market share. But has great potential to become the market leader in future.
If you wish to learn more about this wonderful and extremely functional operating system, that also offers great security, then you have come to the right place. At insider monkey’s blog page, we have put together the list of 5 Most Beginner Friendly Linux Distributions. Just click on the provided link to get instant access to the full article.
