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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
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A friend of mine told me a long time ago: "if a windows system is behaving funny, it has to do with virus. If a Linux system is behaving funny, it has to do with permissions"
Not always true. Sometimes, it's a driver issue. (Usually, a reinstall can fix the issue.) Or it could, very rarely, even be a BIOS/ UEFI issue. (Don't touch it unless you know what you're doing, and only download updates from your manufacturer's website.)
And if a network is having problems, it has to do with DNS.
Windows permissions are way more complex than Linux though, unless you're using Linux ACLs. Standard Linux permissions just have read, write, and execute permissions for the user, group, and world. Windows (and Linux ACLs) allow any number of different users or groups to have different permissions.