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Operating system
Linux
 Tux the penguin, mascot of Linux
DeveloperGNU Project, Linus Torvalds and many others
Written inAssembly language, C
OS familyUnix-like
Working stateCurrent
Source modelFree and open source software
Marketing targetDesktops, servers, embedded devices
Available inMultilingual
PlatformsDEC Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Blackfin, ETRAX CRIS, FR-V, H8/300, Itanium, M32R, m68k, Microblaze, MIPS, MN103, PA-RISC, PowerPC, s390, S+core, SuperH, SPARC, TILE64, Unicore32, x86, Xtensa
Kernel typeMonolithic
UserlandGNU and others
Default
user interface		Graphical (X Window System) and command-line interface
LicenseVarious including GNU General Public License, BSD License, Apache License, MIT License, and others
Official websitekernel.org

Linux (commonly /ˈlɪnəks/ LIN-əks in English, also Template:Pron-en LIN-uuks in Europe) refers to the family of Unix-like computer operating systems using the Linux kernel. Linux can be installed on a wide variety of computer hardware, ranging from mobile phones, tablet computers, routers, and video game consoles, to mainframes and supercomputers. Linux is a leading server operating system, and runs the 10 fastest supercomputers in the world.


A 2001 study of Red Hat Linux 7.1 found that this distribution contained 30 million source lines of code. Using the Constructive Cost Model, the study estimated that this distribution required about eight thousand man-years of development time. According to the study, if all this software had been developed by conventional proprietary means, it would have cost about $1.91 billion (2024 US dollars) to develop in the United States.

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