Question

what are the basic elements of Linux operating system

Answer 1

Linux Operating System has primarily three components:

Kernel:

Kernel is the core part of Linux. It is responsible for all major activities of this operating system. It is consists of various modules and it interacts directly with the underlying hardware. Kernel provides the required abstraction to hide low level hardware details to system or application programs.

System Library:

System libraries are special functions or programs using which application programs or system utilities accesses Kernel's features. These libraries implement most of the functionalities of the operating system and do not require kernel module's code access rights.

System Utility:

System Utility programs are responsible for doing specialized, individual level tasks.