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A year of Linux has already happened. You missed it.

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Monday 28th of December 2015 09:54:54 PM Filed under

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How many times have you heard the famous “20XX is going to be the year of Linux desktop” sentence? What does it mean? When will it happen? Well, it already happened. You missed it.

Okay, let’s break it down into simplest steps possible. First of all, what is a “Linux operating system”?

Linux operating system is a combination of five layers:

Linux kernel
Some mid-level tools
User interface
Some mid-level tools
Some apps

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