Linux on the desktop
Tux the penguin, mascot of Linux
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| Developer | Community |
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| Written in | Primarily C and assembly |
| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Mainly open-source, proprietary software is also available. |
| Initial release | September 17, 1991 |
| Marketing target | Personal computers, mobile devices, embedded devices, servers, mainframes, supercomputers |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Platforms | Alpha, ARC, ARM, AVR32, Blackfin, C6x, ETRAX CRIS, FR-V, H8/300, Hexagon, Itanium, M32R, m68k, META, Microblaze, MIPS, MN103, Nios II, OpenRISC, PA-RISC, PowerPC, s390, S+core, SuperH, SPARC, TILE64, Unicore32, x86, Xtensa |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux kernel) |
| Userland | GNU and various others |
| Default user interface | Many |
| License | GPLv2 and other free and open-source licenses, except for the "Linux" trademark |
Linux (pronounced 
i/ˈlɪnəks/ LIN-əks or, less frequently, /ˈlaɪnəks/ LYN-əks) is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open-source software development and distribution. The defining component of Linux is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. The Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to describe the operating system, which has led to some controversy.
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