How does a Linux operating system work?

Just use the Linux desktop normally and get a feel for it. You can even install software, and it’ll remain installed in the live system until you reboot. Fedora’s Live CD interface, like most Linux distributions, lets you choose to run the operating system from your bootable media or install it to your hard drive.

What is Linux in operating system?

Linux is the best-known and most-used open source operating system. As an operating system, Linux is software that sits underneath all of the other software on a computer, receiving requests from those programs and relaying these requests to the computer’s hardware.