Linux range of use: Difference between revisions

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* [[OpenStack]] – for [[infrastructure as a service]] (IaaS), the controller nodes run only on a Linux operating system

And of course all three types of [[virtualization]] (hardware-based, software-based and paravirtualization) have been implemented by a couple of projects, that run Linux, some being Linux exclusive. All the [[Free_and_open-source#Advantages_and_benefits_of_free_and_open-source_software|advantages and benefits of free and open-source software]] apply, so the Linux kernel itself has been customizecustomized, adapted and adapted[[Hardening (computing)|hardened]] to various scenarios, especially to the operation of a [[bastion host]]. Some were already mainlined, some are being developed and maintained out-of-tree.

Linux kernel-based operating systems are still employed as routing servers on both, [[Server (computing)|server computers]] and also on [[Commodity computing|commodity hardware]], in cases where professional routing equipment such as [[Cisco Catalyst]], are either overkill or simply too expensive. Components of the Linux kernel, such as [[Netfilter]] or the [[Linux network scheduler]], in conjunction with the available free and open-source [[routing]] [[Daemon (computer software)|daemon]]s [[Bird Internet routing daemon|BIRD]], [[B.A.T.M.A.N.]], [[Quagga (software)|Quagga]] and [[XORP]] fulfill the task very well.