Unix was first developed in 1969 by four programmers at Bell Labs. It was initially written in assembly language, then converted to C language in 1972-1973. Linux was created in 1991 by Linus Torvaldes as the kernel of an open source operating system. Key principles of Linux include treating everything as a file/directory, using small single purpose programs, and storing all configuration data in text files. This document provides an overview of Linux commands and concepts related to users, groups, permissions, backups, processes and more.