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    Popular Linux distributions include Debian, Fedora Linux, Arch Linux, and Ubuntu. Commercial distributions include Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise...
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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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  • 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 GNU/Linux naming controversy is a controversy regarding whether computer operating systems that use GNU software and the Linux kernel should be referred...
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  • Linux-based operating systems can be used for playing video games. Because many games are not natively supported for the Linux kernel, various software...
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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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    Debian (redirect from Debian GNU/Linux)
    Debian (/ˈdɛbiən/), also known as Debian GNU/Linux, is a free and open source Linux distribution, developed by the Debian Project, which was established...
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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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  • 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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    written debate between Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds, regarding the Linux kernel and kernel architecture in general. Tanenbaum, the creator of Minix...
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  • released on the Linux operating system. Games do not have to be exclusive to Linux, but they do have to be natively playable on Linux to be listed here...
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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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    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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    over their own hardware. Free and open-source operating systems such as Linux distributions and descendants of BSD are widely used today, powering millions...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Microsoft rebranded and renewed several Revolution Analytics products and offerings for Hadoop, Teradata Database, SUSE Linux, Red Hat, and Microsoft Windows...
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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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  • files including their versions were added, and dependencies amongst them. Linux distributions like Debian, with its dpkg, early on created package management...
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    Linux distributions. The Free Software Directory maintains a large database of free-software packages. Some of the best-known examples include Linux-libre...
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  • Calls Manual Torvalds, Linus (1999). "The Linux edge". Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution. O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1-56592-582-3. "z/VM >...
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  • investments in Linux development, server technology, and organizations, including the Linux Foundation and Open Source Initiative. Linux-based operating...
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    (2011). UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 4/e. Pearson. ISBN 978-8131761779. Retrieved 25 November 2014. "Solid-state revolution: in-depth on...
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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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    Richard Stallman (category Linux people)
    GNU/Linux as /ɡnuː ˈlɪnəks/ GNOO LIN-əks, which would erroneously imply that the kernel Linux is maintained by the GNU project. The creator of Linux, Linus...
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    originally meaning "extended") filtering mechanism in Linux and is also used in non-networking parts of the Linux kernel as well. It is used to safely and efficiently...
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