Before revision: Linux (, ) is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systemsbased on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution (distro), which includes the kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project.
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