Linux (disambiguation): Difference between revisions

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This is a disambiguation page for the operating system and kernel known as Linux.

You may be looking for other articles related to the term Linux, such as:

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-This is a disambiguation page for the term '''Linux'''.
+This is a disambiguation page for the [[operating system]] and [[kernel]] known as '''Linux'''.
-'''Linux''' is:<br>
+You may be looking for other articles related to the term Linux, such as:
-*The common name of a [[Unix|Unix-like]] computer [[operating system]].<br>
-*More specifically, Linux is just a kernel. The article that specifically covers this is at [[Linux (kernel)]]<br>
+*[[GNU/Linux]]
-*The "proper name" when referring to Linux as an [[operating system]] is [[GNU/Linux]]. This gives proper credit to the GNU project, which Linux as a distribution uses extensively (most of the tools such as gcc, which Linux is compiled with, are provided by the GNU project). There are literally hundreds of different [[Linux (distributions)|distributions of Linux]].
+*More specifically, the [[Linux (kernel)|Linux kernel]] itself.
+*Various [[distributions|Linux distributions]]
+*[[Linus Torvalds]], who released the first versions of the Linux kernel
+*The [[Linux (history)|history] of Linux
+*Linux is often cited as a successful [[Open source software]] project
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