Linux

Also known as Linux Operating System

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OS.logo_size: 150px
OS.name: Linux (no automatically included version)
OS.title: Linux
OS.logo: Tux.svg
OS.logo caption: Tux the penguin, the mascot of Linux
OS.logo_alt: Tux the penguin
OS.developer: Community contributors, Linus Torvalds
OS.programmed in: C, assembly language, Rust, other
OS.family: Unix-like
OS.working state: Current
OS.source model: Open-source
OS.marketing target: Cloud computing, embedded devices, mainframe computers, mobile devices, personal computers, servers, supercomputers
OS.language: Multilingual
OS.supported platforms: Alpha, ARC, ARM, C-Sky, Hexagon, LoongArch, m68k, Microblaze, MIPS, Nios II, OpenRISC, PA-RISC, PowerPC and Power ISA, RISC-V, ESA/390 and z/Architecture, SuperH, SPARC, x86, Xtensa
OS.kernel type: Monolithic
OS.influenced by: Minix, Unix
OS.userland: util-linux by standard, various alternatives, such as Busybox, GNU, Plan 9 from User Space and Toybox
OS.license: GPLv2 (Linux kernel)

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Commons category: Linux
Commons gallery: Linux
Stack Exchange tag: stackoverflow.com/tags/linux
IRC channel URL: irc://irc.freenode.net/linux
mailing list archive URL: vger.kernel.org
Stack Exchange site URL: linux.stackexchange.com
inception: 1991-09-17
described at URL: www.videogameschronicle.com/?post_type=platforms&p=417
Lemmy instance URL: linux.community
hashtag: Linux

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Contents

Overview
History
Precursors
Creation
Copyright, trademark, and naming
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Commercial and popular uptake
Development
Usage
Market share and uptake
Design
User interface
Video input infrastructure
Development
Community
Programming on Linux
Graphics and graphics design
Hardware support
Security
See also
Notes
References
External links

Linux ( ) is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, a kernel first released on 17 September 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution (a.k.a distro), which includes the kernel and supporting system software and libraries – most of which are provided by third parties – to create a complete operating system. Linux was originally designed as a clone of Unix and is released under the copyleft GPL license.

There are many thousands of Linux distributions, many based directly or indirectly on other distributions; popular Linux distros include Debian, Fedora Linux, Linux Mint, Arch Linux, and Ubuntu, while commercial distributions include Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, and ChromeOS. Linux distributions are frequently used in server platforms. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses and recommends the name "GNU/Linux", to emphasize the use and importance of GNU software in many distributions. There is a controversy surrounding this. Other than the Linux kernel, key components that make up a distribution may include a display server (windowing system), a package manager, a bootloader, and a Unix shell.