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## Linux Operating System (1 of 2) - Linux is a variation of UNIX OS created by Linus Torvalds - Open source and all programming instructions (source code) are freely distributed - Can be used as an OS for desktop, servers, mobile devices, and IoT devices - Most popular OS for server ap...

## Linux Operating System (1 of 2) - Linux is a variation of UNIX OS created by Linus Torvalds - Open source and all programming instructions (source code) are freely distributed - Can be used as an OS for desktop, servers, mobile devices, and IoT devices - Most popular OS for server applications such as web servers and email servers - Android and Chrome OS is based on Linux - Versions of Linux are called distributions or flavors - Linux is the kernel for the OS, not a complete OS - A shell for user and application interfaces is needed - Many distributions of Linux include a GUI shell or desktop, which is called a windows manager