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[[Image:Tuxie.jpg|thumb|right|"Tux", the Linux mascot|90px]]
[[Image:Tuxie.jpg|thumb|right|"Tux", the Linux mascot|90px]]
'''Linux''' or ('''GNU/Linuk''') is a [[UNIX]]-like operating system based the work of [[Richard Stallman]]'s [[GNU]] project. It incorporates the Linux "[[kernel]]" developed by Finnish grad student [[Linus Torvalds]], but most of the overall credit of the system belongs to Stallman and his [[Free Software Foundation]].
'''Linux''' is a [[UNIX]]-like operating system. It incorporates the Linux "[[kernel]]" developed by Finnish grad student [[Linus Torvalds]].
The [[source code]] is distributed freely under the [[open source]] ''[[General Public License]]'' (''GPL'').
The [[source code]] is distributed freely under the [[open source]] ''[[General Public License]]'' (''GPL'').