# DEVOPS Assignment **What is hypervisior and its types?** * It is a software installed on top of computer hardware. * Creating the virtualization layer. * Acting as a platform for the VMs to be created on. * It manages the sharing of physical resiurces into virtual. # TYPES OF HYPERVISIOR Type 1 * hypervisor is a hypervisor that runs directly on the host's hardware to manipulate the hardware and to manipulate visitor operating systems. Type 2 * hypervisors run on a conventional operating machine simply as other laptop packages do. **What are the benefits of Hypervisor Type 1 and Type 2?** **Type 1** highly efficient because they have direct access to physical hardware. **Type 2** doesn’t run directly on the underlying hardware. Instead, it runs as an application in an OS. Install any Hypervisor type 2 on your laptop? ![](https://i.imgur.com/S90yHWQ.png) **What is operating system?** It is a software programme required to manage and operate a computing device like smartphones, tablets, computers, supercomputers, web servers, cars, network towers, smartwatches, etc **What is Linux Operating System and its Distributions?** operating system is made from a software collection that includes the Linux kernel and, often, a package management system # ITS DISTRIBUTIONS Linux distributions compile code from open source projects and combine it into a single operating system that can be installed and booted up. Linux distributions are available for desktop computers, for servers without a graphical interface, for super computers, for mobile devices, and for special uses, such as home theater PCs and embedded systems ![](https://i.imgur.com/Eqw0uTT.jpg)