Linux is a surprisingly powerful, fast, secure and capable operating system. It’s used as the OS of choice for the Raspberry Pi, in the form of Raspbian OS, as well as in some of the most unlikely places.
Despite only enjoying a 1.96% share (according to netmarketshare.com) of the total desktop operating system market, Linux has a dedicated following of enthusiasts, users and contributors. It was created in 1991 by University of Helsinki student, Linus Torvalds, who had become frustrated with the limitations and licensing of the popular educational system Minix, a miniature version of the Unix operating system, in use at the time.
Unix itself was released in the early ‘70s, as a multi-tasking, modulardesigned operating system originally developed for programmers who needed a stable platform to code on.…
