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# 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?
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**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
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