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Linux is a Free and Open Source Operating System kernel. The project was originally started by Linus Torvalds and now has a very large community of developers and users all around the world. Linux is used in an extremely wide variety of devices such as industrial embedded systems, appliances, smart phones, cell phones (not just Android phones), desktop systems, servers, supercomputers and mainframes. Unix-like operating systems utilizing the Linux kernel are generally referred to as Linux systems although most Linux systems are a combination of the Linux kernel, [http://www.gnu.org GNU Utilities], and other software libraries and Open Source projects. As such, the term GNU/Linux is often used to show the combination of the Linux kernel and GNU project. EMAC develops an embedded Linux distribution and supports Linux on nearly every system offered.
 
Linux is a Free and Open Source Operating System kernel. The project was originally started by Linus Torvalds and now has a very large community of developers and users all around the world. Linux is used in an extremely wide variety of devices such as industrial embedded systems, appliances, smart phones, cell phones (not just Android phones), desktop systems, servers, supercomputers and mainframes. Unix-like operating systems utilizing the Linux kernel are generally referred to as Linux systems although most Linux systems are a combination of the Linux kernel, [http://www.gnu.org GNU Utilities], and other software libraries and Open Source projects. As such, the term GNU/Linux is often used to show the combination of the Linux kernel and GNU project. EMAC develops an embedded Linux distribution and supports Linux on nearly every system offered.
  
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== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
If you are new to Linux, the following sites may provide some useful background information:
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The following sites may provide some useful background information:
 
*  [http://www.tldp.org The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP)]
 
*  [http://www.tldp.org The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP)]
 
*  [http://www.kernel.org The Linux Kernel Archives]
 
*  [http://www.kernel.org The Linux Kernel Archives]
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*  [http://www.linuxfoundation.org The Linux Foundation]
 
*  [http://www.linuxfoundation.org The Linux Foundation]
  
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GNU head: the GNU project's logo
Tux: the official mascot of the linux kernel

Linux is a Free and Open Source Operating System kernel. The project was originally started by Linus Torvalds and now has a very large community of developers and users all around the world. Linux is used in an extremely wide variety of devices such as industrial embedded systems, appliances, smart phones, cell phones (not just Android phones), desktop systems, servers, supercomputers and mainframes. Unix-like operating systems utilizing the Linux kernel are generally referred to as Linux systems although most Linux systems are a combination of the Linux kernel, GNU Utilities, and other software libraries and Open Source projects. As such, the term GNU/Linux is often used to show the combination of the Linux kernel and GNU project. EMAC develops an embedded Linux distribution and supports Linux on nearly every system offered.


See Also

The following sites may provide some useful background information: