
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux
Tux the penguin, mascot of Linux [1]
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Developer |
Community |
Written in |
Primarily C and assembly |
OS family |
Unix-like |
Working state |
Current |
Source model |
Mainly open source, closed source also available |
Initial release |
1991; 24 years ago |
Marketing target |
Personal computers, mobile devices, embedded devices, servers, mainframes, supercomputers |
Available in |
Multilingual |
Platforms |
Alpha, ARC, ARM, AVR32, Blackfin, C6x, ETRAX CRIS, FR-V, H8/300, Hexagon, Itanium, M32R, m68k, META, Microblaze, MIPS, MN103, Nios II, OpenRISC, PA-RISC, PowerPC, s390, S+core, SuperH, SPARC, TILE64, Unicore32, x86, Xtensa |
Kernel type |
Monolithic (Linux kernel) |
Userland |
Various |
Default user interface |
Many |
License |
GPL version 2[2] and other free and open-source licenses, except for the “Linux” trademark[a] |