Linux

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Slide 2:• is a Unix-like computer operating system • one of the most prominent examples of free software and open source development: typically all underlying source code can be freely modified, used, and redistributed by anyone • The name \"Linux\" comes from the Linux kernel, started in 1991 by Linus Torvalds

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

Slide 4:• Unix operating system was conceived and implemented in the 1960s and first