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A '''Linux'''-based ({{IPAc-en | audio=Linus-linux.ogg|ˈ|l|ɪ|n|ə|k|s}} {{respell|LIN|əks}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://safalra.com/science/linguistics/linux-pronunciation/ | title = Pronunciation of ‘Linux’ | last = Safalra | date = 14 April 2007 | work = Safalra’s Website | accessdate =15 September 2009}}</ref><ref name="Foldoc09Jun06">{{cite web | url = http://foldoc.org/linux | title = Linux | accessdate =15 September 2009 | last = Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing | year = 2006 | month = June }}</ref> or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɪ|n|ʊ|k|s}} {{respell|LIN|uuks}})<ref>{{ cite newsgroup | newsgroups = comp.os.linux | title = Re: How to pronounce ''Linux''? | id = 1992Apr23.123216.22024@klaava.Helsinki.FI | date = 23 April 1992 | accessdate =9 January 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/ | title = How to pronounce Linux? | accessdate =17 December 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/ | title = Linus pronouncing Linux in English and Swedish | accessdate =20 January 2007 }}</ref> [[operating system]] is a [[Unix-like]] computer operating system assembled under the model of [[free and open source software]] development and distribution. The defining component of a Linux-based operating system is the [[Linux kernel]], an [[operating system kernel]] first released 5 October 1991 by [[Linus Torvalds]].<ref>{{ cite newsgroup | title = Free minix-like kernel sources for 386-AT | author = Linus Benedict Torvalds | date = 5 October 1991 | newsgroup = comp.os.minix | id = | url = http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.minix/msg/2194d253268b0a1b?pli=1 | accessdate =30 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = What Is Linux: An Overview of the Linux Operating System | url = https://www.linux.com/learn/resource-center/376-linux-is-everywhere-an-overview-of-the-linux-operating-system | publisher = Linux Foundation | date = 3 April 2009 | accessdate =15 August 2011 }}</ref>
The Linux kernel was originally developed as a free kernel for [[Intel x86]]-based personal computers. It has since been [[porting|ported]] to more computer hardware platforms than any other kernel.{{fact|date=December 2012}} Linux based operating systems are the leading operating system type on [[server (computing)|server]]s and other [[big iron]] systems such as [[mainframe computer]]s and [[supercomputer]]s:<ref name="LinuxDevices">{{cite web | url = http://www.trl.ibm.com/projects/ngm/wp10_e.htm | title = Linux Watch | accessdate =29 September 2009 | last = [[IBM]] | year = 2001 | month = October}}</ref><ref name="IBMLinuxWatch">{{cite web | url = http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Trolltech-rolls-complete-Linux-smartphone-stack/ | title = Trolltech rolls "complete" Linux smartphone stack | accessdate =29 September 2009 | last = Linux Devices | year = 2010 | month = January}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = IBM's newest mainframe is all Linux | url = http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142007/IBM_s_newest_mainframe_is_all_Linux_ | last = Computerworld | first = Patrick Thibodeau | accessdate =22 February 2009 }}</ref><ref name="rules_supercomputers">{{ cite news | title = Linux rules supercomputers | url = http://www.forbes.com/home/enterprisetech/2005/03/15/cz_dl_0315linux.html | last = Lyons | first = Daniel | accessdate =22 February 2007 | work = Forbes | date = 15 March 2005}}</ref> more than 90% of today's [[TOP500|500 fastest supercomputers]] run some variant of Linux,<ref name="Top500 OS list">{{cite web | url = http://www.top500.org/overtime/list/32/os | title = Top500 OS chart | publisher = Top500.org | accessdate =31 October 2010}}</ref> including the 10 fastest.<ref>{{cite web | author = Henry Burkhardt, KSR | url = http://www.top500.org/lists/2011/06 | title = June 2011 | TOP500 Supercomputing Sites | publisher = Top500.org | accessdate =15 September 2011}}</ref> Linux also runs on [[embedded system]]s (devices where the operating system is typically built into the [[firmware]] and highly tailored to the system) such as mobile phones, [[tablet computer]]s, network [[router (computing)|router]]s, televisions<ref>{{cite web | title = Sony Open Source Code Distribution Service | url = http://products.sel.sony.com/opensource/ | publisher = Sony Electronics | accessdate =8 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Sharp Liquid Crystal Television Instruction Manual | url = http://files.sharpusa.com/Downloads/ForHome/HomeEntertainment/LCDTVs/Manuals/Archive/tel_man_LC32_37_42HT3U.pdf | publisher = Sharp Electronics | accessdate =8 October 2011 | page=24}}</ref> and [[video game console]]s; the [[Android (operating system)|Android]] system in wide use on mobile devices is built on the Linux kernel.
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