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This article is about the operating system. For the kernel, see Linux kernel. For GNU package
based on Linux kernel, see GNU Linux-libre. For other uses, see Linux (disambiguation).


Tux the penguin, mascot of Linux
[1]



Company / developer Community
Written in Various (Notably C andAssembly)
OS family Unix-like
Working state Current
Source model Mainly Free and open source software,
Proprietary softwarealso available
Initial release 1991; 23 years ago
Latest release 3.16.1 (14 August 2014; 0 days ago) []
[2]

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,OpenRISC, PA-
RISC,PowerPC, s390,S+core,
SuperH,SPARC, TILE64,Unicore32, x86,
Xtensa
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux kernel)
Userland Various
Default user interface Many
License Many
[3]
("Linux" trademark owned byLinus
Torvalds
[4]
and administered by theLinux Mark
Institute)
Linux (
i
/lnks/ LIN-ks
[5][6]
or /links/ LEE-nuuks)
[7][8][9]
is a Unix-like and mostly POSIX-
compliant
[10]
computer operating systemassembled under the model of free and open source
software development and distribution. The defining component of Linux is theLinux kernel,
[11]

an operating system kernel first released on 5 October 1991 by Linus Torvalds.
[12][13]
The Free
Software Foundationuses the name GNU/Linux, which has led to some controversy.
[14][15][16][17]

Linux was originally developed as a free operating system for Intel x86-based personal
computers. It has since been ported to more computer hardware platforms than any other
operating system.
[citation needed]
It is a leading operating system on servers and otherbig iron
systems such as mainframe computers and supercomputers.
[18][19][20]
As of June 2013, more
than 95% of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers run some variant of Linux,
[21]
including all
the 44 fastest.
[22]
Linux also runs on embe
encyclopedia

This article is about the operating system. For the kernel, see Linux kernel. For GNU package
based on Linux kernel, see GNU Linux-libre. For other uses, see Linux (disambiguation).


Tux the penguin, mascot of Linux
[1]



Company / developer Community
Written in Various (Notably C andAssembly)
OS family Unix-like
Working state Current
Source model Mainly Free and open source software,
Proprietary softwarealso available
Initial release 1991; 23 years ago
Latest release 3.16.1 (14 August 2014; 0 days ago) []
[2]

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,OpenRISC, PA-
RISC,PowerPC, s390,S+core,
SuperH,SPARC, TILE64,Unicore32, x86,
Xtensa
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux kernel)
Userland Various
Default user interface Many
License Many
[3]
("Linux" trademark owned byLinus
Torvalds
[4]
and administered by theLinux Mark
Institute)
Linux (
i
/lnks/ LIN-ks
[5][6]
or /links/ LEE-nuuks)
[7][8][9]
is a Unix-like and mostly POSIX-
compliant
[10]
computer operating systemassembled under the model of free and open source
software development and distribution. The defining component of Linux is theLinux kernel,
[11]

an operating system kernel first released on 5 October 1991 by Linus Torvalds.
[12][13]
The Free
Software Foundationuses the name GNU/Linux, which has led to some controversy.
[14][15][16][17]

Linux was originally developed as a free operating system for Intel x86-based personal
computers. It has since been ported to more computer hardware platforms than any other
operating system.
[citation needed]
It is a leading operating system on servers and otherbig iron
systems such as mainframe computers and supercomputers.
[18][19][20]
As of June 2013, more
than 95% of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers run some variant of Linux,
[21]
including all
the 44 fastest.
[22]
Linux also runs on embe