Hey, everyone, welcome to this new video.
In this video, we will discuss why every hacker should know and use Linux as their main operating system.
The first topic is Linux is open source.
Unlike Windows, Linux is open source.
What that means for us is that the source code of the Linux operating system is available to us.
As such, we can change and manipulate it as we want.
If you are trying to make a system operate in the way it was not intended, but being able to manipulate
the source code is essential.
You can think of it this way.
Could you imagine Microsoft giving us the permission of whatever to manipulate or change the kernel
of Windows for tracking purposes?
Of course not.
The second point is transparency of Linux to hack effectively, you must know and understand your operating
system and the operating system that you are going to attack.
The clinic is totally transparent.
That means we can see and manipulate all its working parts, but not with Windows.
Microsoft tries hard to make it as difficult or impossible to know the inner workings of their operating
system.
As a result, when working with Windows, you are working with a shadow of what you are thinking is
going to under the hood, whereas in Linux you have the spotlight shining directly at each and every
component of the operating system.
It goes without saying, I think this makes working with Linux more effective and efficient.
The next Windows Linux offers granular control, Linux is granular.
That means we have almost infinite amount of control over the operating system in windows.
You can only control what Microsoft allows you to control.
But in Linux, everything can be controlled by the terminal in the most meniscal to the most micro level.
In addition, Linux make scripting in any of these scripting language simple and very effective.
The next point is most of the hacking tools are written for Linux, well over 90 percent of all hacking
tools are written for Linux.
Of course, there are some exceptional cases as well, but those exceptions simply emphasize the rules.
Even some hacking tools are posted for windows, but not all the capabilities transfer from Linux.
The next point is the future belongs to Linux or Unix.
This seems like a radical statement, but I firmly believe that future belongs to Linux and Unix from
the beginning of the Internet, Linux and Unix has been the operating system of choice for observer
or its stability and reliability.
Even today, Linux and Unix dominates the world of Web servers, with well over two thirds of the market
share.
If you believe that the future of computing lies in mobile devices such as tablets and phones, then
over 80 percent of mobile devices are running Unix or Linux.
iOS is based on Unix and is based on Linux, Microsoft Windows.
All mobile devices have just seven percent of this market.
Hacking is an elected profession among the I.T. field, such as it requires extensive and detailed understanding
of I.T. concepts and technologies.
At the most fundamental level, Lileks is required if you want to make hacking and information security
as your career.
I strongly suggest you invest time and energy to using and understanding Linux.
Here are just some of the big names that have come to use Linux since its development, first is Google
and Facebook, NASSA, Amazon, Twitter, McDonald's, IBM, U.S. Department of Defense and New York
Stock Agency.
These are only some of the names that use Linux.
There are so many big companies as well.
So in the next video.