Linux architecture: Difference between revisions

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[[Unix security]] systems were designed into the architecture. Raw hardware devices are protected from direct access, and the file system has an inbuilt security system giving individual access to files on three levels, user only, group membership, and world access. Each category has read, executable and write flags that may be set in any combination.

'''== Kernel -or- System Software ==

The [[Linux kernel]] includes true multitasking, [[virtual memory]], [[shared library|shared libraries]], demand loading, shared [[copy-on-write]] executables, proper [[memory management]], and [[TCP/IP]] [[computer network|networking]].

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The complete source code of various versions of the Linux kernel can be browsed at http://lxr.linux.no .

The complete source code of the latest versions of the Linux kernel can be downloaded from http://www.kernel.org .'''

== See also ==