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'''Linux''' ('Linus Unix', unofficial recursive backronym: '''L'''inux '''I'''s '''N'''ot '''U'''ni'''x''') is a Unix-like kernel, which is more similar to the Unix System V family instead of the BSD family of Unixes. Its development was started in 1991 by Linus Torvalds, who was inspired by Tanenbaum's [[MINIX]] operating system. | '''Linux''' ('Linus Unix', unofficial recursive backronym: '''L'''inux '''I'''s '''N'''ot '''U'''ni'''x''') is a Unix-like kernel, which is more similar to the Unix System V family instead of the BSD family of Unixes. Its development was started in 1991 by Linus Torvalds, who was inspired by the Tanenbaum's [[MINIX]] operating system. | ||
Nowadays, Linux has seen popular use in server environments as a replacement for expensive and (often) outdated Unix operating systems. However, desktop market share is low, but steadily increasing. | Nowadays, Linux has seen popular use in server environments as a replacement for expensive and (often) outdated Unix operating systems. However, desktop market share is low, but steadily increasing. | ||
Linux is known to run on the world's fastest supercomputers. | |||
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* Linux is just the OS kernel, while the GNU tools make it usable, the combination being called GNU/Linux. | |||
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Revision as of 10:39, 14 April 2020
Linux ('Linus Unix', unofficial recursive backronym: Linux Is Not Unix) is a Unix-like kernel, which is more similar to the Unix System V family instead of the BSD family of Unixes. Its development was started in 1991 by Linus Torvalds, who was inspired by the Tanenbaum's MINIX operating system.
Nowadays, Linux has seen popular use in server environments as a replacement for expensive and (often) outdated Unix operating systems. However, desktop market share is low, but steadily increasing.
Linux is known to run on the world's fastest supercomputers.
Trivia
- Linux is just the OS kernel, while the GNU tools make it usable, the combination being called GNU/Linux.
