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Linux is a free Unix-like operating system that was developed on the Internet. Linus Torvalds first created it, and then he put the source code on his web page. After that, hackers and programmers developed it. With time, it became a big organization and now it is a powerful, advanced operating system. It has important features ....
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.... at the same time with no performance loss. Microsoft claims that Windows has the capability of multitasking but you cannot run two processes at the same time. Linux has virtual memory. That means that you can use your hard disk as memory. You can make a swap partition on your hard disk and Linux uses it like memory. If you have 16Mb of ram and 64Mb of swap place that equals memory of 80Mb for Linux. So you can run Linux on only 8Mb of ram and 16Mb of swap place. Windows requires at least 16Mb of ram (32Mb is recommended). Users that have limited systems can use Linux, ....
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