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What does the Linux kernel do?

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The kernel is the core of the operating system.It is loaded into memory when the system is booted and communicates directly with the hardware.Users programs that need to access the hardware,use the services of kernel,which performs the job on user's behalf.

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The Linux kernel doesn't consider itself a process, therefore it has no process id.
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The Linux kernel sources can be downloaded from the official Linux Kernel Archives, found at the link below.
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You can have as many compiled kernels in your Linux installation as you want (disk space is your limit). However, you can only boot one kernel at a time.
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