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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Linux kernel community
hasComponent Linux self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 Linux
surface form: Fedora

Fedora Linux
surface form: Gentoo

Kali Linux
Linux Mint
Manjaro
Oracle Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
openSUSE
surface form: SUSE Linux Enterprise

Slackware
Debian
surface form: Ubuntu

openSUSE
inception 1991
inspiredBy Unix
kernelType monolithic kernel
license GNU General Public License
surface form: GNU General Public License version 2
partOf GNU Project
surface form: 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 ANSI
surface form: 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
surface form: Android operating system

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

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fetchmail operatingSystem Linux
ReiserFS operatingSystem Linux
ReiserFS kernelSupportRemovedIn Linux
this entity surface form: Linux 6.6
AIX competesWith Linux
this entity surface form: Linux on Power
KDE Plasma desktop environment operatingSystem Linux
subject surface form: KDE Plasma
Homebrew operatingSystem Linux
Homebrew alsoAvailableOn Linux
HP ProLiant servers supportsOperatingSystem Linux
subject surface form: HP ProLiant
Plink operatingSystem Linux
RenderMan platform Linux
GPC runsOn Linux
this entity surface form: GNU/Linux
Opera web browser operatingSystem Linux
subject surface form: Opera
Presto operatingSystem Linux
Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) operatingSystemFamily Linux
subject surface form: Linux Kernel Mailing List
Doom franchise (via id Software) platform Linux
subject surface form: Doom franchise
Docker operatingSystem Linux
Enterprise Edition platform Linux
subject surface form: Enterprise Edition (Microsoft SQL Server)
Standard Edition supports Linux
subject surface form: Microsoft SQL Server Standard Edition
this entity surface form: Linux operating system (in newer versions)
Minecraft platform Linux
Minecraft Realms platform Linux
Wayland operatingSystem Linux
GNU toolchain operatingSystem Linux
this entity surface form: GNU/Linux
gnat platform Linux
subject surface form: GNAT
gcov platform Linux
Clang targetPlatform Linux
Dropbox Paper availableOn Linux
GNU Make operatingSystem Linux
GNU GRUB operatingSystem Linux
GNU Tar operatingSystem Linux
GNU Grep operatingSystem Linux