What about Linux, Windows, macOS, and Unix/FreeBSD?

In this section, we will review some common characteristics of these four major types of PC OSs to compare the essential features of each one.

Linux

Linux-based OSs grew from the idea of being free, effective, versatile, open source, and not funded by any corporation OS. It was based on some principles from Unix, famous for its efficiency and great design. Unfortunately, it was also proprietary and paid. The GNU project wanted to provide a free alternative and combined its tools with the Linux kernel designed by Linus Torvalds. Here are some crucial facts about Linux:

• It has had regular updates hundreds of times per day for the last 30 years. All vulnerabilities and bugs are found and fixed as soon as possible by the community.
• It has the world’s biggest community, constantly developing improvements for the last 30 years.
• The community has developed features for Linux that took years to become available...