Linux

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Unix-like kernel free and open-source software operating system kernel

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

Aliases (17)

Linux kernel ×19
GNU/Linux ×10
Linux (selected distributions) ×1
Linux 2.6.20 ×1
Linux 3.8 ×1
Linux 6.6 ×1
Linux kernel (version 2) ×1
Linux kernel 2.6.29 ×1
Linux kernel community ×1
Linux kernel driver core ×1
Linux kernel mainline tree ×1
Linux kernel scheduler ×1
Linux on Power ×1
Linux operating system (in newer versions) ×1
Linux x86 ×1
embedded Linux ×1
linux ×1

Statements (95)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Unix-like kernel → free and open-source software → operating system kernel →
developer	Linus Torvalds →
governedBy	Linux kernel community →
hasComponent	Linux kernel scheduler → 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 → Gentoo → Kali Linux → Linux Mint → Manjaro → Oracle Linux → Red Hat Enterprise Linux → SUSE Linux Enterprise → Slackware → Ubuntu → openSUSE →
inception	1991 →
inspiredBy	Unix →
kernelType	monolithic kernel →
license	GNU General Public License version 2 →
partOf	GNU/Linux operating system →
programmingLanguage	C → assembly language →
repository	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git →
stableReleasesMaintainedBy	Greg Kroah-Hartman →
supports	POSIX → 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 → ChromeOS → Internet of Things devices → cloud infrastructure → desktop computers → embedded systems → laptops → network devices → servers → smartphones → supercomputers → tablets → web servers →

Referenced by (258)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
AlphaGo → Anaconda installer → AppArmor → Bitcoin Core → Brave → Btrfs → CUPS → ChakraCore → Chromium → Cinnamon → Comodo Dragon → Docker → Eclipse IDE → F2FS → GNOME ("GNU/Linux") → GNU Diffutils → GNU Emacs → GNU Findutils → GNU GRUB → GNU Grep → GNU Make → GNU Screen → GNU Tar → GNU toolchain ("GNU/Linux") → Google Chrome → Google Earth → Homebrew → IBM Db2 → Ingenuity helicopter → IntelliJ IDEA → Iron Browser → KDE Plasma → KVM → LXD → LXQt → Lotus Notes → Macromedia → MariaDB → Microsoft Edge → Microsoft Edge → Microsoft Teams → Mozilla Firefox → MySQL → NTFS (via driver) → NVIDIA Omniverse → NetBeans IDE → Netscape Navigator → Opera → Opera → Plink → PostgreSQL → PowerShell → Presto → PuTTY → R → RStudio → ReiserFS → Rider → Roslyn compiler → SQL Server → SRWare Iron → Slack → StarOffice → Subsurface → Sugar → Sugar Toolkit → Sugar learning platform → Sun Java System Calendar Server → Swift Package Manager → Telegram → Ungoogled Chromium → VirtualBox → Visual Studio Code → Vivaldi → Wayland → WebKit → XFS → Yarn → crosvm → ext2 → ext4 → fetchmail → npm → ripgrep →	operatingSystem
Bevy → Brave → Bun → Eclipse CDT → GNU Compiler Collection → GNU Debugger ("GNU/Linux") → GNU Pascal ("GNU/Linux") → GitHub Copilot → Google Sheets → HotSpot JVM → IBM MQ → Lazarus IDE → MATLAB → Makey Makey extension → Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit → Mojang Studios → NVIDIA Omniverse → Opera Crypto Browser → Oracle Database → SQLite → Samba Team → Servo → TeamViewer → TensorFlow → The Chromium Project → Unity → pip →	supportsPlatform
.NET Core → Aircrack-ng → Amazon Corretto → Doom Emacs → Dropbear SSH → Dropbox → Eclipse → Eclipse Temurin → Git → HP ProLiant → Hadoop → LLVM → Lotus Domino → Microsoft Azure → Multi-Touch trackpad → Node.js → PHP → RISC-V → SAS → SGI Altix ICE architecture → Sugar Labs ("GNU/Linux") → UltraSPARC servers ("Linux (selected distributions)") → Yandex Browser → ext2 → uWSGI →	supportsOperatingSystem
Chrome Web Store → Common Language Runtime → Dev channel → Developer Edition → Doom franchise → Enterprise Edition (Microsoft SQL Server) → GNAT → Google Chrome Dev → ICQ → Microsoft Teams → Minecraft → Minecraft Realms → OpenJDK → Oracle JDK → Quake franchise → Red Hat Satellite → Remote Desktop Protocol → RenderMan → Skype → Spotify → Swift (programming language) → Swift Standard Library → crosvm → gcov →	platform
Android Dalvik VM ("Linux kernel") → CPython → Deno → GPC ("GNU/Linux") → IBM WebSphere → ODBC → PyPy → SELinux → SSH → Stackless Python → Sun Grid Engine → Sun Java System Messaging Server → Sun Java System Web Server → UPX → Vapor →	runsOn
Fedora Kinoite → Fedora Linux → Fedora Sericea ("GNU/Linux") → Fedora Silverblue → Gentoo Linux → Linux Kernel Mailing List → Red Hat → Trisquel ("GNU/Linux") → openSUSE ("GNU/Linux") →	operatingSystemFamily
Alpine Linux ("Linux kernel") → Android ("Linux kernel") → Arch Linux ("Linux kernel") → Debian ("Linux kernel") → Fedora Linux ("Linux kernel") → Red Hat Enterprise Linux ("Linux kernel") → openSUSE ("Linux kernel") →	basedOn
Calliope mini → Makey Makey Go → NVIDIA CUDA → Progressive Web Apps → VFAT →	compatibleWith
AmigaOne computers → MIPS → Opera Software → exFAT →	operatingSystemSupport
Gunicorn → mod_wsgi →	hostPlatform
F2FS ("Linux 3.8") → KVM ("Linux 2.6.20") →	introducedInKernelVersion
Dropbear SSH → Dropbear SSH ("embedded Linux") →	isPortableTo
Android Automotive OS ("Linux kernel") → Android TV ("Linux kernel") →	kernel
CRAN → Microsoft SQL Server Standard Edition ("Linux operating system (in newer versions)") →	supports
Hyper-V → VirtualBox →	supportsGuestOperatingSystem
Clang → IBM SDK for Java ("Linux x86") →	targetPlatform
Homebrew →	alsoAvailableOn
RHT →	associatedWithOperatingSystem
Dropbox Paper →	availableOn
Telnet →	commonlyAvailableOn
AIX ("Linux on Power") →	competesWith
KVM ("Linux kernel") →	componentOf
Red Hat ("Linux kernel") →	contributesTo
Linus Torvalds ("Linux kernel") →	creatorOf
Open Source Development Labs →	focus
Cisco Networking Academy →	focusesOn
Linux ("Linux kernel community") →	governedBy
Linux ("Linux kernel scheduler") →	hasComponent
Slimjet →	hasOperatingSystem
SCTP ("Linux kernel") →	implementedIn
Unix →	influenced
Btrfs ("Linux kernel 2.6.29") →	introducedIn
MATE desktop environment →	isDesignedFor
Arch Linux ("linux") →	kernelOptions
ReiserFS ("Linux 6.6") →	kernelSupportRemovedIn
Wear OS ("Linux kernel") →	kernelType
Linus Torvalds ("Linux kernel") →	knownFor
Linus Torvalds ("Linux kernel mainline tree") →	maintains
Linus Torvalds ("Linux kernel") →	notableWork
GNU Project →	operatingSystemKernel
Python →	osSupport
ISO 9660 →	platformCompatibility
NLUUG Award →	relatedTo
NTFS (via driver) ("Linux kernel") →	requiresComponent
Greg Kroah-Hartman →	softwarePlatform
One Laptop per Child ("GNU/Linux") →	softwarePlatformBasedOn
Linus Torvalds ("Linux kernel") →	startedProject
SMB →	supportedBy
NFS →	supportedOn
Sun Java System Portal Server →	supportedOS
Adobe Flash →	supportedPlatform
Xen →	supportsGuest
KVM →	supportsGuestOS
ASP.NET →	supportsHostingEnvironment
Debian →	supportsKernel
PlaidML →	supportsOS
Intel C++ Compiler →	targetOperatingSystem
ZM →	underlyingCompanyPlatformAvailability
GNU General Public License ("Linux kernel (version 2)") →	usedBy
Greg Kroah-Hartman ("Linux kernel driver core") →	worksOn