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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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Curious about how popular enterprise/backend is.
Servers are like 90% Linux.
If you're using the web, you're being served by Linux. If you're using a supercomputer, it's running Linux. Etc, etc
Even when I’m ordering a pizza??
Yes ma'am/sir/pronoun of choice
I go by slice/pie. Thank for being polite.
Linux is so much more stable than windows and its free+open source so everyone uses Linux on servers.