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CentOS vs RedHat RedHat Linux was one of the most popular Linux based operating systems until 2004, when it was discontinued. However, Red Hat now (after 2004) develops a commercial version of Red Hat called Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). CentOS is a free Linux based operating system, which is directly based on Red Hat […]
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Yum vs RPM During the initial Linux installation, larger selection of programs is installed by default, but there may be occasions where a user needs new programs installed. Some time back, users were required to compile and build source code to install a new program. But now, users can easily install pre-built programs called packages. […]
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Fedora vs RedHat RedHat Linux was one of the most popular Linux-based operating systems until 2004 when it was discontinued. However, Red Hat still develops a commercial version of Red Hat called Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Fedora is a free Linux operating system developed by Fedora project community. Fedora is actually sponsored by Red Hat. […]
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Linux vs Windows Hosting Web hosting is the process of hosting the resources that are needed to make the web sites available over the internet. The resources are kept in web servers, which run server software on top of operating systems (most times server versions). Two of the most popular operating systems for web hosting […]
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GRUB vs LILO Boot loader is the program that loads the operating systems when the computer is turned on. Typically, boot loaders give the ability to select from a list of operating systems to load during the startup of the computer. So, boot loader allows the coexistence of multiple operating systems on the same machine. […]
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UNIX vs LINUX UNIX and LINUX are both open source operating systems. Open source means that the source code of the operating system can be inspected as well as improved. The UNIX operating system was developed before LINUX. There are certain differences between the two. UNIX The UNIX operating system was developed in 1969 at […]