Specifications that can run any Linux OS distribution on its Hardware
A distro or distributions are versions that are derived based on the popular Linux operating system. in a simple way it distributes a software package. All distributions frequently released with some of the modifications in packages and the Graphical user interface components as an update in Linux OS.
Example: Debian, Ubuntu, Suse.
all distributions are different in terms of packages, supported configuration, license, GUI, Kernel, GNU tool.
About LINUX:
Linux is an open-source Unix-like operating system.
It is based on the Linux kernel.
This operating system kernel first released by Linus Torvalds.
It is packaged in a Linux distribution.
Developer: Community; Linus Torvalds
License: GPLv2 and others
Written in: C, Assembly language
It is based on the Linux kernel.
This operating system kernel first released by Linus Torvalds.
It is packaged in a Linux distribution.
Developer: Community; Linus Torvalds
License: GPLv2 and others
Written in: C, Assembly language
Linux is a lightweight OS
Provides fast booting support on minimal system hardware
As we already know that the Linux is a lightweight OS.it
provides fast booting support on minimal system hardware.
To install Linux on different hardware minimal system. requirements are listed below-
Minimum system requirements for successful installation of Linux distro:
Processor architecture requirement:
X86(32-bit) processor
Minimum Processor requirement:
1.0 GHz to 2.4 GHz processor
1.Intel Pentium-4:
single-core processor ability to run all Linux apps and games without any performance problem.
2.Intel dual-core:
It is with two cores to provide fast Linux apps execution with a multiprocessing ability.
3.AMD-K7, K8:
It supports the installation of X86 and X64 bit operating systems.
Minimum Hard disk(HDD) memory requirement:
Adequate storage space of size 8GB to 20GB is required to mount a complete Linux file system.
Minimum Random access memory(RAM) requirement:
To speed up the processing and application installation, RAM must be as maximum as possible.
RAM size should be either 1GB or 4GB.
Desktop monitor screen resolution:
VGA monitor with 1024x768 resolution
CD/DVD drive:
To install Linux distributions using CD/DVDs.
Internet connection:
It is optional to download the required packages and updates during the installation.
For effective installation of Linux-based distributions, users need to create file system partitions on the existing system hard disk on which the user wants to install the Operating system.
Following are the required partitions:
1]root: it is the starting file directory that stores all the files for booting the Linux operating system.
2]boot: It holds kernel executable and bootloader module to boot a Linux operating system.
3]bin: It stores binary executable files.
4]dev: It keeps the peripheral device's information connected to the Linux operating system.
5]etc: It keeps local configuration files for Linux OS installed system.
6]home: It holds user-created files.
7]lib: It stores shared libraries for the Linux OS booting process.
8]media: It allows to attach removable media devices to the Linux OS installed system.
9]mnt: Linux file system loads from this mount point.
10]sbin: It stores Linux system binary executable files.
11]tmp: It holds temporary data created during process execution.
12]var: It handles the processes logs data files.
13]usr: It stores read-only documentation files.
How to install the latest Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS:
Step-1 Check the system requirements:
Processor-Dual-core 2Ghz
RAM size-4GB
Hard disk space- 20 to 25 GB
DVD drive for installation
Internet connection(If required)
step-2 download Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS from the link given below:
https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop.
Iso image of size 2.6GB
Step-3
Use DVD burn tool to burn iso image file on DVD.
Step-4
Use system DVD drive and install Ubuntu by using DVD.
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