linux based questions?

[Venkatsiva]

what is the difference between kernel and OS......?
Is linux a kernel or OS...?

 

[Prashanthanilm]

The kernel is the part of the operating system. operating system is the software package that communicate directly to the hardware and our application.
Kernel is the lowest level of the operating system.mainly kernel is the main part of the operating system and is responsible for translating the command into something that can be understood by the computer.
Main function of kernel are: 1: memory management 2: network management 3: device driver 4: file management 5: process management

Hope this helps!!

 

[jayanth.devarayanadurga]

Kernel exists in all operating systems. It is the core of the operating system. Some low level function which directly interact with hardware exists is the kernel. I don't know much about linux. See the api functions of windows kernel32.dll. Those are the function that are present in the kernel of windows. Kernel is also referred as Ring0 in windows terminology. You have posted in the wrong section. You will get banned.