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The Linux operating system is an operating system build around the Linux kernel. |
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The Linux operating system is a computer operating system built around the Linux kernel. |
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Complete operating systems built around the Linux kernel use the GNU System which provides a shell, utilities, libraries, compilers and tools, as well as miscellaneous programs such as the Emacs editor. |
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Most complete operating systems built around the Linux kernel use GNU software which provides a shell, utilities, libraries, compilers and tools, as well as miscellaneous programs such as the Emacs editor. |
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Some people do; most do not. |
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Some people do; most simply call the system "Linux". |
DistributionsA complete Linux Operating System (a "Linux distribution") is a collection of free and sometimes non-free software created by individuals, groups and organizations from around the world and having the Linux kernel at its core. Companies such as Red Hat, SuSE, MandrakeSoft?, as well as the community Debian project, compile the software and provide it as a complete system ready to install and use. Linux distributions started to enjoy limited popularity in the mid to late 1990s as a free alternative to the Microsoft Windows operating systems and MacOS on the desktop, mostly among people used to Unix from work or school. It has proven more popular in the server market, primarily for Web and database servers. General Purpose Linux Distributions: *Caldera? *Conectiva *Debian *Mandrake Linux *Red Hat Linux *Slackware *Sorcerer GNU/Linux *SuSE Some groups compile special purpose Linux distributions as turnkey firewalls, for embedded systems, and for other special purposes. Special Purpose Linux Distributions: *[Embedded Debian]? *[Bootable Business Card]? *[Sentry Firewall]? *[The Linux Router Project]? See the distribution list on [The Linux Weekly News]. |
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Most users of the system do not configure their system completely from components, although some very skilled people choose that approach. Most users obtain a preconfigured system which bundles these components and sometimes thousands of additional application programs together into a Linux distribution. |
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Linux users, who traditionally had to install and configure their own system, have been more technologically oriented than those of Microsoft Windows and MacOS, often revelling in the tag of "hacker" or "geek". With the adoption of Linux by several large PC manufacturers, computers with Linux distributions pre-installed have become available, and Linux has begun to make slow inroads in the wider desktop market. |
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Linux users, who traditionally had to install and configure their own system, have been more technologically oriented than those of Microsoft Windows and MacOS, often revelling in the tag of "hacker" or "geek". With the adoption of Linux by several large PC manufacturers, computers with Linux distributions pre-installed have become available, and Linux has begun to make slow inroads in the wider desktop market. |
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Most complete operating systems built around the Linux kernel use GNU software which provides a shell, utilities, libraries, compilers and tools, as well as miscellaneous programs such as the Emacs editor. For this reason, Richard Stallman of the GNU Project asks users to refer to the entire system as GNU/Linux. Some people do; most simply call the system "Linux".
Most systems also include tools and utilities from BSD backgrounds and typically use XFree86 to provide a GUI interface.
Most users of the system do not configure their system completely from components, although some very skilled people choose that approach. Most users obtain a preconfigured system which bundles these components and sometimes thousands of additional application programs together into a Linux distribution.
Linux users, who traditionally had to install and configure their own system, have been more technologically oriented than those of Microsoft Windows and MacOS, often revelling in the tag of "hacker" or "geek". With the adoption of Linux by several large PC manufacturers, computers with Linux distributions pre-installed have become available, and Linux has begun to make slow inroads in the wider desktop market.
With [desktop managers]? such as KDE and GNOME, Linux offers a graphical user interface more like MacOS/Windows than the traditional Unix command line interface, and many no-cost (though not always open source) software packages offer the functionality of programs available on the other desktop operating systems.
The Simple End User Linux organization (SEUL), is an advocacy group for adoption of Linux and end user programs for the OS. (See OS Advocacy).
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