The Linux Kernel (which is the core of Ubuntu) is written mostly in C and a little parts in assembly languages. And many of the applications are written in python or C or C++.
The most frequent answer is, linux is also written mostly in C, with some parts in assembly. About 97 percent of the world’s 500 most powerful supercomputers run the Linux kernel. It is also used in many personal computers.
Another popular question is “What programming language is the Linux kernel written in?”.
Windows: C++, kernel is in C Mac: Objective C, kernel is in C (IO Pn. P subsystem is Embedded C++) Linux: Most things are in C, many userland apps are in Python, KDE is all C++ All kernels will use some assembly code as well.
What is Linux and how is it written?
It’s a kernel, mostly written in C, along with a variety of tools, many of them from the GNU project, also mostly written in C. It’s all open source, so you are welcome to download it and examine it to see how it’s written. If you install a distro, you always have the option to also install sources and developer versions of the libraries.
What programming language does Linux support?
There is no particular one – Linux supports just about every language on the planet. Linux apps are written in a wide range of languages. C and C++ are very popular – but Python and Java are commonly used too…all sorts of languages are out there – and all of them can produce “ desktop ” programs.
About the scripting languages, no, they pretty much high level. Show activity on this post. The Linux kernel is mostly written in C (and a bit of assembly language, I’d imagine), but some of the important userspace utilities (programs) are shell scripts written in the Bash scripting language.