Question

1. 10 Distributions of GNU Linux

1. 10 Distributions
2. 5 different operating Systems
3. What is the exact function of a boot leader? Explain in detail with example

Answer 1

Ans a.

1. Mint

2. Debian

3. Ubuntu

4. openSUSE

5. Manjaro

6. Fedora

7. elementary

8. Zorin

9. CentOS

10. Arch Linux

Ans B:

1. Microsoft Windows

2. Apple iOS

3. Google's Android OS

4. Apple macOS

5. Linux Operating System

Ans C:

I guess you meant boot loader instead of boot leader. So, a boot loader is a type of program that loads and starts the boot time tasks and processes of an operating system or the computer system. It enables loading the operating system within the computer memory when a computer is started or booted up. The bootstrap program is a part of ROM which is the non-volatile memory. The operating system is loaded into the RAM by the bootstrap program after the start of the computer system. Then the operating system starts the device drivers.

For Linux, the two most common boot loaders are known as LILO (LInux LOader) and LOADLIN (LOAD LINux). An alternative boot loader, called GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader), is used with Red Hat Linux.