User:Floridaball/Linux
Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, Xbox, Xbox 360, Android, iOS, iPadOS | |
| Userland | GNU |
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Linux, also
open-source Unix-like operating systems originally developed by Linus Torvalds under the Linux kernel released on September 17, 1991. Linux is typically packaged under a distribution
.
Distributions include the
the GNU project. Many distributions include just "Linux" in their names but the Free Software Foundation promotes GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU in the kernel, causing some controversy
.
Linux was originally developed for
web servers on the Internet. Linux is the only operating system to run the TOP500 supercomputers
.
Linux can run on
smart watches
.