The Linux Foundation (LF) is a non-profit organization established in 2000 to support Linux development and open-source software projects. The Linux Foundation...
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Astra Linux is a Russian Linux-based computer operating system (OS) that is being widely deployed in the Russian Federation to replace Microsoft Windows...
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maintainer, release date, the latest version, etc. Linux distributions endorsed by the Free Software Foundation are marked 100% Free under the System distribution...
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September 2024. "Kernel Maintenance". Linux Foundation Wiki. Linus Torvalds (24 March 2024). "Linux 6.14". "The Linux Kernel Archives - Releases". www.kernel...
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Linux began in 1991 as a personal project by Finnish student Linus Torvalds to create a new free operating system kernel. The resulting Linux kernel has...
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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...
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Rocky Linux is a Linux distribution developed by Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation, which is a privately owned benefit corporation that describes itself...
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This page provides general information about notable Linux distributions in the form of a categorized list. Distributions are organized into sections...
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Gentoo Linux (pronounced /ˈdʒɛntuː/ JEN-too) is a Linux distribution built using the Portage package management system. Unlike a binary software distribution...
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The Linux kernel is a free and open source,: 4 Unix-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide. The kernel was created by Linus Torvalds...
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The Linux Operating system is prevalent in embedded systems. As of 2024, Embedded Linux shares the top spot with FreeRTOS, with 44% of embedded systems...
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The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is a subsidiary of the Linux Foundation founded in 2015 to support cloud-native computing. It was announced...
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Linus Torvalds (redirect from Linux Torvalds)
used to look two years ago". The Linux Foundation currently sponsors Torvalds so he can work full-time on improving Linux. In 2012, while giving a talk at...
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Microsoft and open source (redirect from Microsoft Linux distributions)
investments in Linux development, server technology, and organizations, including the Linux Foundation and Open Source Initiative. Linux-based operating...
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The Linux Standard Base (LSB) was a joint project by several Linux distributions[which?] under the organizational structure of the Linux Foundation to...
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Ubuntu (redirect from Ubuntu linux)
Ubuntu (/ʊˈbʊntuː/ uu-BUUN-too) is a Linux distribution derived from Debian and composed mostly of free and open-source software. Ubuntu is officially...
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Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (redirect from Linux directory structure)
popular by its use in Linux distributions, but it is used by other Unix-like systems as well. It is maintained by the Linux Foundation. The latest version...
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AlmaLinux is a free and open source Linux distribution, developed by the AlmaLinux OS Foundation, a 501(c) organization, to provide a community-supported...
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A Linux distribution, often abbreviated as distro, is an operating system that includes the Linux kernel for its kernel functionality. Although the name...
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Linux.com is a website that is owned by the Linux Foundation, where the goal of the site is to provide information about open source technology, careers...
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According to the Free Software Foundation Latin America, Linux-libre is a modified version of the Linux kernel that contains no binary blobs, obfuscated...
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merging with the Linux Foundation (LF). Three of ONF's projects - LF Broadband, Aether and P4 - were transferred to the Linux Foundation and would be e...
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software, services and internal development. A survey released by the Linux Foundation in April 2012 showed IBM as the fifth-leading commercial contributor...
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software project for infrastructure as code that is managed by the Linux Foundation. The last MPL-licensed version of Terraform was forked as OpenTofu...
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Besides the Linux distributions designed for general-purpose use on desktops and servers, distributions may be specialized for different purposes including...
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Linux Foundation regularly releases publications regarding the Linux kernel, Linux OS distributions, and related themes. One such publication, "Linux...
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use GNU software and the Linux kernel should be referred to as "GNU/Linux" or "Linux" systems. Proponents of the term Linux argue that it is far more...
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Dojo Foundation merged with jQuery Foundation and subsequently rebranded itself as JS Foundation and became a Linux Foundation project. JS Foundation (legally...
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an open-source project developed by the OpenSearch Software Foundation (a Linux Foundation project) written primarily in Java. As of August 2024, AWS reported...
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ONAP (category Linux Foundation projects)
open-source, orchestration and automation framework. It is hosted by The Linux Foundation. On February 23, 2017, ONAP was announced as a result of a merger of...
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