Linux

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Description Bosanski: Tux, maskota Linuxa
Deutsch: Tux, der Linux-Pinguin
English: Tux, the Linux penguin
Հայերեն: Տուքս պինգվինը՝ Լինուքսի հմայիլը
Français : Le manchot Tux, la mascotte de Linux
Português: O Pinguim Tux, mascote do Linux
Polski: Pingwin Tux - maskotka Linuksa
Română: Pinguinul Tux, mascota Linuxului
Source Based on original image by Larry Ewing, created using Sodipodi

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Author gg3po (kde-look.org source)

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(Reusing this image) (c) Larry Ewing, Simon Budig und Anja Gerwinsk

Linux (pronunciation: IPA: /ˈlɪnʊks/, lin-uks) is a Unix-like computer operating system. Linux is one of the most prominent examples of free software and open source development; its underlying source code can be freely modified, used, and redistributed by anyone.[1]

The Linux kernel was first released to the public on 17 September 1991, for the Intel x86 PC architecture. The kernel was augmented with system utilities and libraries from the GNU project to create a usable operating system, which later led to an alternate term, GNU/Linux.[2] Linux is now packaged for different uses in Linux distributions, which contain the sometimes modified kernel along with a variety of other software packages tailored to different requirements.

Predominantly known for its use in servers, Linux is supported by corporations such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Novell, Oracle Corporation, Red Hat, and Sun Microsystems. It is used as an operating system for a wide variety of computer hardware, including desktop computers, supercomputers,[3] video game systems such as PlayStation 2, 3, several arcade games and embedded devices such as mobile phones and routers.

In 1992, Linus Torvalds explained that he pronounces Linux as /ˈlɪnʊks/,[4] though other variations are common.