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Linux is an open-source operating system assembled under a collaborative development model. The Linux kernel was first released in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux can run on a variety of devices including servers, desktop computers, supercomputers, smartphones, and embedded systems. It is widely used in various fields due to its customizable nature and ability to be freely used, modified, and shared under open-source licenses. Linux is often packaged and distributed as Linux distributions containing the kernel, utilities, and additional software tailored for specific uses.

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Linux

Linux is an open-source operating system assembled under a collaborative development model. The Linux kernel was first released in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux can run on a variety of devices including servers, desktop computers, supercomputers, smartphones, and embedded systems. It is widely used in various fields due to its customizable nature and ability to be freely used, modified, and shared under open-source licenses. Linux is often packaged and distributed as Linux distributions containing the kernel, utilities, and additional software tailored for specific uses.

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Linux

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the operating system. For the kernel, see Linux kernel. For other uses,
see Linux (disambiguation).

Linux

Tux the penguin, mascot of Linux[1]

Developer Community

Written in Primarily C and assembly

OS family

Unix-like

Working

Current

state

Source

Mainly open-source, proprietary software is

model

also available.

Initial

September 17, 1991; 25 years ago

release

Marketing Personal computers, mobile


target

devices, embedded
devices, servers, mainframes, supercomput

ers

Available

Multilingual

in

Platforms

Alpha, ARC, ARM, AVR32, Blackfin, C6x, ETR


AX CRIS, FRV, H8/300, Hexagon, Itanium, M32R, m68k,
META, Microblaze, MIPS, MN103, Nios
II, OpenRISC, PA-RISC, PowerPC, s390, S+co
re, SuperH, SPARC, TILE64, Unicore32, x86,
Xtensa

Kernel typ Monolithic (Linux kernel)


e

Userland

GNU and various others[a]

Default us Many
er
interface

License

GPLv2[7] and other free and open-source


licenses, except for the "Linux" trademark[b]

Linux (pronounced /lnks/ LIN-ks[9][10] or, less frequently, /lanks/ LYN-ks[10][11]) is a Unixlike computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open-source
software development and distribution. The defining component of Linux is the Linux kernel,
[12]
an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds.[13][14]
[15]
The Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to describe the operating system,
which has led to some controversy.[16][17]
i

Linux was originally developed for personal computers based on the Intel x86 architecture, but has
since been ported to more platforms than any other operating system.[18] Because of the dominance
of Android on smartphones, Linux has the largest installed base of all general-purpose operating
systems.[19] Linux is also the leading operating system on servers and other big iron systems such
as mainframe computers, and is used on 99.6% of the TOP500 supercomputers.[20][21] It is used by
around 2.3% of desktop computers.[22][23] The Chromebook, which runs on Chrome OS, dominates the
US K12 education market and represents nearly 20% of the sub-$300 notebook sales in the US.

Linux also runs on embedded systems devices whose operating system is typically built into
the firmware and is highly tailored to the system. This includes TiVo and similar DVR devices,
network routers, facility automation controls, televisions,[25][26] video game
consoles and smartwatches.[27] Many smartphones and tablet computers run Android and other Linux
derivatives.[28]
[24]

The development of Linux is one of the most prominent examples of free and open-source software
collaboration. The underlying source code may be used, modified and distributedcommercially or
non-commerciallyby anyone under the terms of its respective licenses, such as the GNU General
Public License. Typically, Linux is packaged in a form known as a Linux distribution (or distro for
short) for both desktop and server use. Some of the most popular mainstream Linux distributions [29][30]
[31]
are Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo Linux, Linux
Mint, Mageia, openSUSE and Ubuntu, together with commercial distributions such as Red Hat
Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. Distributions include the Linux kernel,
supporting utilities and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project, and usually a large
amount of application software to fulfil the distribution's intended use.
Desktop Linux distributions include a windowing system, such as X11, Mir or
a Wayland implementation, and an accompanying desktop environment such as GNOME or
the KDE Software Compilation; some distributions may also include a less resource-intensive
desktop, such as LXDE or Xfce. Distributions intended to run on servers may omit all graphical
environments from the standard install, and instead include other software to set up and operate
a solution stack such as LAMP. Because Linux is freely redistributable, anyone may create a
distribution for any intended use.

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