📁 GNU/Linux

Linux, full name GNU/Linux, is a free-to-use and freely distributed UNIX-like operating system, the kernel of which was first released by Linus Benedict Torvalds on October 5, 1991. It is mainly inspired by the ideas of Minix and Unix. It is a POSIX-based multi-user, multitasking, multi-threaded and multi-CPU operating system. It runs major Unix tools, software, applications, and network protocols. It supports 32-bit and 64-bit hardware. Linux inherits the Unix network-centric design philosophy and is a stable multi-user network operating system. Linux is available in hundreds of different distributions, such as community-based debian, archlinux, and commercial-based Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE, Oracle Linux, and more.