Linux

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Linux is a widely used open-source Unix-like operating system kernel that powers servers, desktops, mobile devices, and embedded systems around the world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Unix-like kernel
free and open-source software
operating system kernel
developer Linus Torvalds
governedBy Linux kernel community
linked to: Linux
hasComponent Linux kernel scheduler
linked to: Linux

Virtual File System layer
device driver subsystem
inter-process communication subsystem
memory management subsystem
module loader
network stack
process management subsystem
hasDistributions Alpine Linux
Arch Linux
CentOS
Debian
Fedora
linked to: Fedora Linux

Gentoo
linked to: Fedora Linux

Kali Linux
Linux Mint
Manjaro
Oracle Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise
linked to: openSUSE

Slackware
Ubuntu
linked to: Debian

openSUSE
inception 1991
inspiredBy Unix
kernelType monolithic kernel
license GNU General Public License version 2
partOf GNU/Linux operating system
linked to: GNU Project
programmingLanguage C
assembly language
repository https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
stableReleasesMaintainedBy Greg Kroah-Hartman
supports POSIX
linked to: ANSI

multiprocessing
multiuser operation
preemptive multitasking
virtual memory
supportsArchitecture ARM
IBM System z
MIPS
PowerPC
RISC-V
x86
x86-64
supportsFileSystem Btrfs
F2FS
ISO 9660
NFS
NTFS (via driver)
ReiserFS
SMB/CIFS
VFAT
XFS
ext2
ext3
ext4
supportsInterface netlink sockets
procfs
sysfs
system call interface
supportsSecurityFeature AppArmor
Linux capabilities
SELinux
address space layout randomization
control groups
namespaces
seccomp
supportsVirtualization KVM
Xen
containers
usedFor enterprise servers
high-performance computing
network infrastructure
personal computing
scientific computing
software development
web hosting
usedIn Android operating system
linked to: Android

ChromeOS
Internet of Things devices
cloud infrastructure
desktop computers
embedded systems
laptops
network devices
servers
smartphones
supercomputers
tablets
web servers

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SSH runsOn Linux
One Laptop per Child softwarePlatformBasedOn GNU/Linux
linked to: Linux
Android basedOn Linux kernel
linked to: Linux
Wear OS kernelType Linux kernel
linked to: Linux
Python osSupport Linux
Microsoft Teams operatingSystem Linux
subject linked to: Teams
Red Hat contributesTo Linux kernel
linked to: Linux
Linux hasComponent Linux kernel scheduler
linked to: Linux
Linux governedBy Linux kernel community
linked to: Linux
IBM WebSphere runsOn Linux
Sugar operatingSystem Linux
Fedora Linux basedOn Linux kernel
linked to: Linux
PuTTY operatingSystem Linux
Dropbear SSH isPortableTo Linux
Dropbear SSH isPortableTo embedded Linux
linked to: Linux
GNU Pascal supportsPlatform GNU/Linux
linked to: Linux
Linus Torvalds knownFor Linux kernel
linked to: Linux
Linus Torvalds creatorOf Linux kernel
linked to: Linux
Linus Torvalds startedProject Linux kernel
linked to: Linux
Linus Torvalds maintains Linux kernel mainline tree
linked to: Linux
Linus Torvalds notableWork Linux kernel
linked to: Linux
CPython runsOn Linux
NLUUG Award relatedTo Linux
Microsoft Edge operatingSystem Linux
subject linked to: Edge
Skype platform Linux
GNU Emacs operatingSystem Linux
GNU Debugger supportsPlatform GNU/Linux
linked to: Linux
GNU General Public License usedBy Linux kernel (version 2)
linked to: Linux
Android TV kernel Linux kernel
linked to: Linux
Chromium operatingSystem Linux
Google Chrome Dev platform Linux
subject linked to: Dev
Android Automotive OS kernel Linux kernel
linked to: Linux
Android Dalvik VM runsOn Linux kernel
linked to: Linux
Swift (programming language) platform Linux
subject linked to: Swift
PyPy runsOn Linux