Linux is a Unix-like computer Operating System (or OS) that uses the Linux kernel. Linux started out as a personal computer system used by individuals, and has since gained the support of several large corporations, such as Sun Microsystems, HP and IBM. It is now used mostly as a server operating system, with some large organizations using an enterprise version for desktops. Linux is a prime example of open-source development, which means that the source code is available freely for anyone to use.
Back in August of 1991, a student from Finland began a post to the comp.os.minix newsgroup with the words
Hello everybody out there using minix -I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.
The student was Linus Torvalds, and the "hobby" he spoke of eventually became what we know today as Linux.
A full-featured POSIX-like operating system, Linux has been developed not just by Linus, but by hundreds of programmers around the world.
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