May be you already heard much more about Linux and probably if you hadn't used it before then do not misunderstood it as a command line interface only or something boring shit. Let me tell you something about Linux. Linux is actually a kernel. People misunderstood it as a Operating System itself. Rather than that it lets understand it in such way, Kernel is the essential core of an operating System which create the bridge relation between the applications and the hardware. The operating System which are working on the Linux kernel are called Linux operating system. Alike Linux, other operating system do have their own Kernel. i.e Windows have it's own kernel.
Using Linux is really cool on itself. Simply it's a switching process into the freedom. Linux Operating system is an opensource OS. Opensource Software are those types of software which provide free of cost software and Its License provide us the modification permission on our favor. Let me tell you some interesting reason why we need to switch to Linux.
- Linux is Opensource.
- Linux software are free and advanced, It bear the potential to work efficiently as a commercial software.
- Linux is a freedom; Financial freedom, Technically freedom and You can modify it as your flavor.
- Linux is universal and It is Most secure OS regarding the Windows.
- Several Penetration Testing is done with the help of Linux and The best part of it is Computer virus do not affect it. It doesn't required the Antivirus
- Most of all popular website like Google, amazon etc are using the Linux for their Server. Mostly Servers are handled by Linux Os.
Lets have a overview on How to switch on Linux. First you decide which disto of Linux you want to install on your PC. You can click the DOWNLOAD link here.
If you are not pretty sure on the choice you can move to Linux mint. Linux mint is one of the best experience on the Linux. It's GUI is much more similar to the windows but customization of its is far more than Windows. You can follow the following step to install the Linux mint.
- Download the .ISO file from any website which you would like to install.
- Make a pen drive ready and format it.
- Download any tool like RUFUS or POWERISO to make pendrive bootable.
- Once the tool is ready just make the Pendrive bootable and boot it from Laptop recovery and install the Linux.
- Calculation of Partition.
Suppose if Your PC have the storage of 1TB then you can partition it as follows
SWAP memory: RAM SIZE *2
(if your PC have 4 GB RAM then 4*2=8GB i.e 8000MB)
ROOT / : 50 GB
(50GB~ 50000MB)
BOOT/ : 2 GB
EFI : 1GB
(1GB~1000MB)
/home: 600 GB
(It depends on you how much you want to set for c: in Windows. i.e 600000MB)
Rest you can Format for Your Storage Partition as D:/
On this Table Starting from LHS;
Partition 1: Swap Memory
Partition 2: /Boot
Partition 3: /home
Partition 4: /tmp (optional)
Partition 5: /efi
Partition 6: / (root)
Partition 6: / (root)
Partional 7 & 8: Local disks storage Partition
This configuration is best for me. Generally Partition can be done as per our requirement but this calculation i had found with several recommendation. Till now i had already tasted most of all flavor of Linux and for this purpose i had my backup on Local disk and rest were destroyed on C:, As a conclusion i got LINUX MINT as the best among the best.
You can try it own and if you faced any problem then let me know. Since my Chat is on your right corner feel free to talk. Happy Learning.
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