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Getting acquainted with Linux: a primer on dipping into the ‘Free’ software world

Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Monday 17th of August 2015 06:54:23 PM

So what is Linux all about and where did it come from? Linux is a term broadly used to refer to the collection of operating systems belonging to the GNU/Linux distributions (see box on the history of GNU/Linux.) A distribution is basically an operating system that is based on a variation of the GNU/Linux core.

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