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2. Linux - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 December 2024. Family of Unix-like operating systems This article is about the family of operating systems. For the kernel, see Linux kernel. For other uses, see Linux (disambiguation). Operating system Linux Tux the penguin, the mascot of Linux Developer Community contributors, Linus Torvalds Written ...

3. Operating system - Wikipedia

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   The operating system provides an interface between an application program and the computer hardware, so that an application program can interact with the hardware only by obeying rules and procedures programmed into the operating system. The operating system is also a set of services which simplify development and execution of application programs.

4. Portal:Linux - Wikipedia

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   Linux adoption is the adoption of Linux-based computer operating systems (OSes) by households, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and governments. Android, which runs on Linux, is the world's most widely used computer operating system. As of October 2024, Android has 45% of the global operating system market followed by Windows with 26%.

5. Linux distribution - Wikipedia

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   A Linux distribution [a] (often abbreviated as distro) is an operating system that includes the Linux kernel for its kernel functionality. Although the name does not imply product distribution per se, a distro, if distributed on its own, is often obtained via a website intended specifically for the purpose.

6. Linux Mint - Wikipedia

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   The Linux Mint project started in 2006 and it has since become one of the most popular Linux operating systems for desktop PCs. [7] [8] It comes bundled with a variety of free and open-source applications. [9] [10] [11] Linux Mint has its own desktop environment, called Cinnamon, [b] although it also offers Xfce and MATE as alternatives by ...

7. Comparison of Linux distributions - Wikipedia

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   The table below shows the default file system, but many Linux distributions support some or all of ext2, ext3, ext4, Btrfs, ReiserFS, Reiser4, JFS, XFS, GFS2, OCFS2, and NILFS. It is possible to install Linux onto most of these file systems. The ext file systems, namely ext2, ext3, and ext4 are based on the original Linux file system.

8. Comparison of operating system kernels - Wikipedia

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   See comparison of Linux distributions for a detailed comparison. Linux distributions that have highly modified kernels — for example, real-time computing kernels — should be listed separately. There are also a wide variety of minor BSD operating systems, many of which can be found at comparison of BSD operating systems.

9. Linux range of use - Wikipedia

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   Linux is not inherently fault-tolerant (no operating system is, as it is a function of the whole system including the hardware), but the flight computer software makes it so for its purpose. [68] For flexibility, commercial off-the-shelf parts and system-wide "radiation-tolerant" design are used instead of radiation hardened parts. [ 68 ]