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    Linux (/ˈlɪnʊks/ LIN-uuks) is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released...
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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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    Prize–winning American chemist, although in the book Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution, he is quoted as saying, "I think I was named equally for...
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    systems that use the Linux kernel in combination with GNU software should be referred to as Linux or GNU/Linux. Supporters of the term Linux argue that it is...
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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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  • The Linux Operating system is prevalent in embedded systems. As of 2024, developer surveys and industry reports find that Embedded Linux is used in 44%-46%...
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  • Revolution OS is a 2001 documentary film that traces the twenty-year history of GNU, Linux, open source, and the free software movement. Directed by J...
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  • Caldera OpenLinux is a defunct Linux distribution produced by Caldera, Inc. (and its successors Caldera Systems and Caldera International) that existed...
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  • Look up Revolution, revolution, or révolution in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A revolution is a drastic political change that usually occurs relatively...
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    Debian (redirect from Debian GNU/Linux)
    based on the Linux kernel, and is the basis of many other Linux distributions. As of September 2023, Debian is the second-oldest Linux distribution still...
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  • Rebel Code (category Books about Linux)
    Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution is a technology book by Glyn Moody published in 2001. It describes the evolution and significance of the...
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  • (Classic or Mac OS 9, and Mac OS X), Windows and Unix-like systems including Linux. It can also import HyperCard stacks, which require little or no modification...
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  • on Steam for Windows and Linux platforms. Considering that it is a mod, users must own Portal 2 to play Portal: Revolution. Before the release, Heinz...
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    iPodLinux is a μClinux-based Linux distribution designed specifically to run on Apple Inc.'s iPod. When the iPodLinux kernel is booted it takes the place...
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    GNU (section Linux-libre)
    completed GNU tools led to the family of operating systems popularly known as Linux. Most of GNU is licensed under the GNU Project's own General Public License...
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  • released on the Linux operating system. Games do not need to be exclusive to Linux, but they do need to be natively playable on Linux to be listed here...
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    and Linus Torvalds had a written debate over the Internet regarding the Linux kernel and kernel architecture in general. Tanenbaum, the creator of Minix...
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    LinuxWorld Conference and Expo (renamed to OpenSource World in its final year) was a conference and trade show that focused on open source and Linux solutions...
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    and individuals who have moved from other operating systems to Linux. On desktops, Linux has not displaced Microsoft Windows to a large degree. However...
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  • with Linux Academy, a Linux and cloud training platform. In December of 2019, Linux Academy was acquired by A Cloud Guru. In August 2020, on Linux Unplugged...
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    Voices from the Open Source Revolution, O'Reilly, 1999. 280 pp, ISBN 1-56592-582-3 Wayner, Peter; Free for All: How LINUX and the Free Software Movement...
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  • through Windows 10, Raspberry Pi and several variations of Unix, including Linux, Solaris, and BSD. It can be used for mobile, desktop and server/CGI applications...
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    Tegra (redirect from Linux for Tegra)
    "kernel/git/next/linux-next.git - The linux-next integration testing tree". git.kernel.org. Retrieved September 22, 2020. "Linux 5.10 Has Initial Support...
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  • open-source software, and offers a choice of Ubuntu or their own Ubuntu-based Linux distribution Pop!_OS as preinstalled operating systems. System76 was founded...
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  • Gorky 17 (category Linux Game Publishing games)
    Microsoft Windows in 1999. The game was later ported to Linux by Hyperion Entertainment and published by Linux Game Publishing in 2006. The AmigaOS 4 version was...
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  • proprietary operating system running on the Linux kernel. Versions 1.0 to 2.1 of webOS uses the patched Linux 2.6.24 kernel. HP has continued to develop...
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    ecosystem of the 1960s to 1980s. Free and open-source operating systems such as Linux distributions and descendants of BSD are widely used, powering millions...
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    software company that existed from 1998 to 2002 and developed and sold Linux- and Unix-based operating system products. Caldera Systems was created in...
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    Flatpak (category Linux installation software)
    Flatpak is a utility for software deployment and package management for Linux. It provides a sandbox environment in which users can run application software...
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    games: Deus Ex (2000), Deus Ex: Invisible War (2003), Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011), Deus Ex: The Fall (2013), Deus Ex Go (2016) and Deus Ex: Mankind...
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