Summary

This chapter started with the history of Linux. The leap that Linux took from being a fun project to being an enterprise-grade operating system was astonishing. Today, Linux is everywhere, from high-end servers to smartphones to smart bulbs. Due to the freedom of customization, there are a lot of variants of Linux, referred to as flavors or distros; there is a distro available for each and every use case. If none of the distros matches your exact requirements and you want to add more features, feel free to customize and build your own Linux. We explored some use case scenarios for Linux and looked at some of the challenges that traditional IT is facing with infrastructure management in on-premises environments.

Every organization runs by numbers. In the Cloud economics section, we examined how running workloads in the cloud can draw profit if we make a CapEx versus OpEx comparison. The upper hand of the cloud not only comes from cost reduction; it's a solution for all...