Linux Features
It allows many users to access a computer system at the same time.It supports the creation, modification, and destruction of programs, processes, and files.
It provides a directory hierarchy that gives a location to processes and files.
It shares CPUs, memory, and disk space in a fair and efficient manner between competing processes.
It allows processes and peripherals to talk to each other, even if they're on different machines.
It comes complete with a large number of standard utilities.
There are plenty of high-quality, commercially available software packages available for most versions.
It allows programmers to easily access operating features via a well-defined set of system calls, which are analogous to library functions.
It is a standard, portable, open source operating system, and thus is available on a wide variety of platforms.
Because it provides all the features expected of a modern operating system, doing it in a way that is well documented, accessible, and adheres to a defined standard, and because its implementation is open source and freely available, Linux has made, and will continue to make, its mark on modern operating system design.
http://www.kernel.org The Linux Kernel Archives
http://www.li.org Linux International
http://www.linux.org The Linux Home Page at Linux Online
http://www.linuxhq.com Linux HeadQuarters
http://www.linuxjournal.com Linux Journal
http://www.tldp.org The Linux Documentation Project
