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:''This article is about Linux [[operating system]]. For other uses, please see [[Linux (disambiguation)]]''
[[Image:Tux.png|thumb|[[Tux]], a penguin, is the official Linux [[mascot]] drawn by Larry Ewing.]]
'''Linux''' is a [[computer]] [[operating system]] and it is a [[kernel (computer science)|kernel]]. It is among the most famous examples of [[free software]] and of [[open source|open-source]] development: unlike other major operating systems (such as [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] or [[MacOS]]), its underlying [[source code]] is available to the public and anyone can freely use, modify, and redistribute it.
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