Linux

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Even if you don’t understand (or don’t like) Linux, YOU USE LINUX EVERY DAY whether you know it or not!
  • Over 850k Android phones are activated EVERY SINGLE DAY! Guess what OS they run. Over 100 android devices has come online since you started reading this!
  • Over 700k TVs sold everyday, most of which run on Linux.
  • 8 out of 10 financial trades are powered by Linux.
  • 9 out of 10 supercomputers in the world run Linux.
  • Google, Facebook, Twitter, Quora (any tech company, you just name it), all powered by Linux.

Why Linux is so successful?
  • Unlike other OS, Linux is built collaboratively across number of companies, geographies and markets effectively making it largest collaborative development project in History of Computing.
  • Since 2005, 8000 developers from almost 800 companies have contributed to Linux (writing more than 15 million lines of code!)
  • Every major Kernel comes out every 2–3 months. (That’s how fast Linux is evolving!)
Want to know more about this unique collaborative development process, check out this video.
https://youtu.be/yVpbFMhOAwE

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