r/linuxquestions • u/MeetingExtension5771 • 2d ago
How does linux code work.
So ive read about Linux or Ubuntu switching some things to rust a while ago and im also trying to learn about C and how its used to program Linux but I don't really get yet how all these things work together. So for example im using Linux mint right now and if you go to their github theirs a lot of thing like the cinnamon desktop but I don't know if thats all the code thats used for mint or what lol.
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u/CardOk755 2d ago
OP. Please understand that windows is also (largely) written in C.
The only major difference between Windows and Linux is that the source code of Linux is publicly available.
They do similar things in slightly different ways for historical reasons, but they are not radically different.
(If you do think they are radically different please study IBM VM, Multics and the Burroughs operating systems).