No. Linux is a free, open-source version of UNIX. Many of DOS's commands were based on UNIX commands, but the underlying operating system is much more powerful than DOS.
architecture of Linux with diagrams
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture was created in 1998.
The first used operating system between MS-DOS and Linux is MS-DOS. MS-DOS, short for Microsoft Disk Operating System, was developed by Microsoft and released in 1981. Linux, on the other hand, was created by Linus Torvalds and released in 1991. Therefore, MS-DOS predates Linux in terms of initial release and usage.
The Linux equivalent of LPT1 is /dev/lp0.
No, but Linux is based on Unix since Linux is a Unix clone.
Yes, but only windows, linux, and DOS.
Linux is a monolithic kernel. Some operating systems with a microkernel use Linux as a process for providing drivers, but this is irrelevant to mainstream Linux.
It is possible to boot MS-DOS or Linux from a USB Flash drive, but not all computers support doing it.
I use a MAC. It uses UNIX for its operating system instead of MS DOS. A number of older computers used CP/M. Some computers use LINUX. In fact many nations or bureaus, education departments, states, or provinces require LINUX instead of MS DOS. LINUX has many similarities to UNIX and almost UNIX all programs will run on LINUX straight out of the box. A number of MS DOS programs will also run on LINUX.
The CPU architecture that is complementary to MS-DOS is the x86 architecture. MS-DOS was primarily designed to run on Intel's x86 family of processors, starting with the Intel 8086 and continuing through subsequent generations like the 80286, 80386, and beyond. This architecture supports the necessary instruction sets and memory management features that MS-DOS relies on to function effectively.
DOS stands for Disk Operating System ( not the Spanish word for 2). DOS architecture refers to a computer system designed to run DOS and DOS programs. Typically with much less memory and a much slower processor speed than is seen in Windows and MacOS computers.
Turbo C cannot compile native Linux binaries, only programs for MS-DOS. MS-DOS applications can be run on Linux through a variety of methods, including DOSEMU, DOSBox, QEMU, Bochs, and VirtualBox.