- Linux is a free open-source operating system based on Unix. Linux was
originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers from
around the globe.
- A freeware version of Unix, Linux is becoming popular as a powerful,
low-cost operating system for running servers.
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- 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 for Linux is freely available to
everyone.
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- Linux is an open source operating system within the Unix family. Because
of its robustness and availability, Linux has won popularity in the open
source community and among commercial application developers.
- An open source operating system based on UNIX, used to run Web servers.
- Linux is a UNIX-like operating system that was designed to provide
personal computer users a free or very low-cost operating system comparable to
traditional and usually more expensive UNIX systems. Linux has a reputation as
a very efficient and fast-performing system.
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- An Open Source, UNIX-like operating system originally developed by Linus
Torvalds. Linux is freeware by default, but may be sold for the cost of
packaging, bundling, and technical support. Companies such as Red Hat, SuSe,
and Caldera sell Linux packages; however, they also allow you to download them
for free. Linux was first developed for x86 computers, but now runs on a wide
variety of platforms.
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- A business-oriented operating system, derived from Unix, which is made
available freely to computer users and programmers, generally by downloading
it over the Internet. Linux is becoming popular as the basis for computer
networks, and is commonly used as the operating basis for Internet servers
because it is cheap (how cheap is free?) and reliable.
- An Open Source operating system, based on UNIX. Popular as a server, and
also as a desktop machine as an alternative to Microsoft Windows.
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- Linux is an operating system that is similar to UNIX, but was originally a
free system.
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- Linux is an OS like Windows that has its roots in Unix. Its Open Source
community, reliability and cost has made it a popular choice in the server
market - Apache is a linus web server and is the most popular web server on
the Internet.
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- From: http://www.answers.com/Linux A very popular version of the Unix
operating system that runs on a variety of hardware platforms including x86,
Itanium, PowerPC and IBM’s entire product line. Linux is widely used as a
server OS and is gaining ground in the desktop market.
http://www.flinknet.com/summer/28/some-helpful-definitions
- An operating system for Intel-based and other PCs that is a derivative of
Unix and available as freeware.
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- A version of UNIX that runs on a variety of hardware platforms including
x86 PCs, Alpha, PowerPC and IBM's product line. Linux is open source software,
which is freely available; however, the full distribution of Linux along with
technical support and training are available for a fee from vendors such as
Red Hat Software and Caldera. Due to its stability, Linux has gained
popularity with ISPs as the OS for hosting Web servers.
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- Pronounced lee-nucks, A freely-distributable implementation of UNIX that
runs on a number of hardware platforms, including Intel and Motorola
microprocessors. It was developed mainly by Linus Torvalds. Because it's free,
and because it runs on many platforms, including PCs, Macintoshes and Amigas,
Linux has become extremely popular over the last couple years.
http://www.startech.com/glossary/glossary.cfm
- Netscape 4.0 and above will display Unicode, if you have Chinese fonts
installed on your system.
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- A free UNIX-like operating system developed by Linus Torvalds. Linux and
FreeBSD are very often used by hosting companies as their operating systems.
- Unix-like, open source operating system. Few OLAP products run on it, and
sales have been minimal on that platform.
- An open source implementation of the UNIX system.
- is an open source computer operating system, created by Linus Torvalds,
similar in style to Unix. It is popular in web server and other
high-performance computing environments, and has recently begun to gain
popularity in workstation environments as well.
- An open source operating system that works in a similar fashion to Unix
but, unlike Unix, does not require expensive hardware.
- A version of the UNIX operating system initially developed by Linus
Torvalds and now widely used. The Linux code is freely available in open
source.
- Linux is a Operating System (OS -Similar to Windows or MAC) is a free open
source software and build by the online community. Meaning that anyone with
programming experience can work or change their own Linux Operations System
functionality. This Operating system is still hard to control and is in the
testing stages (aka Beta version). ...
- The operating system for which the MatPLC is designed.
http://mat.sourceforge.net/manual/appendix/glossary.html
- An Open Source implementation of UNIX initiated by Linus Torvalds, which
runs on many different hardware platforms including Intel, Sparc®, PowerPC,
and Alpha Processors. Hundreds of application programs have been written for
Linux, some of these by the GNU project. Linux's architecture like LNA creates
a more reliable system. Systems using protected memory and pre-emptive
multitasking are inherently more stable. ...
- an open-source version of the UNIX operating system
- Linux is a computer operating system and its kernel. It is one of the most
famous examples of free software and of open-source development: unlike other
major operating systems (such as Windows or MacOS), its underlying source code
is available to the public and anyone can freely use, modify, and redistribute
it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux
- Linux Vollwaschmittel (German: Detergent) is a brand of detergent made by
Rösch. It is popular in German-speaking countries. Some people have criticised
the brand for using the word Linux, which is a name for an operating system or
its kernel. However, since it does not use the trademark as a technology term,
it is not an infringement of Linus Torvalds's existing trademark.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_(washing_powder)