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| Linux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers around the world. Developed under the GNU General Public License , the source code (data files) for Linux is freely available to everyone. |
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What is GNU? |
| GNU itself stands for "GNU's Not Unix", which isn't very informative. What it essentially stands for is an ideology of free software. This is encapsulated under the GNU GPL: the GNU General Public License, which allows you to share and alter software under its aegis. A full HTML version of the GPL can be found here: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html |
Where can I get Linux? |
| Linux operating system is widely available on the internet for free. There are various "Distributuions" or versions of Linux available. One such place you can download a distro (distribution) is here. |
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