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 Tux the penguin, the mascot of Linux | |
| OS family: | Unix-like |
| Latest stable release: | 2.6.20.3 (Linux kernel) / March 13, 2007 |
| Kernel type: | Modular monolithic kernel |
| License: | GNU General Public License |
| Working state: | Current |
Linux (IPA pronunciation: /ˈlɪnʊks/) is a Unix-like computer operating system family. Linux is one of the most prominent examples of free software and of open source development; its underlying source code is available for anyone to use, modify, and redistribute freely.
The first Linux systems were completed in 1992 by combining system utilities and libraries from the GNU project with the Linux kernel, which led to the coining of the term GNU/Linux. From the late 1990s onward Linux gained the support of corporations such as IBM, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and Novell.
Predominantly known for its use in servers, Linux is used as an operating system for a wider variety of computer hardware than any other operating system, including desktop computers, supercomputers, mainframes, and embedded devices such as cellphones. Linux is packaged for different uses in Linux distributions, which contain the kernel along with a variety of other software packages tailored to requirements.
Sugar CRM is a commercial Open Source Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software for companies of all sizes, based on LAMP stack(Linux-OS; Apache-Web Server; MySQL-Database Server; PHP-Programming Language).
Though each CrossOver Linux (formerly known as CrossOver Office) release offers substantial improvements, version 6.01 is the most revolutionary release I have seen since I started reviewing this product circa version 3.0.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, released in March 2007, contains more than 1200 components with development spanning over a two year period, so there are a huge number of new features covering a broad range of functionality.
If you run a linux desktop, you aren't just stuck with the standard "kicker" or gnome panel to operate as your app launcher and taskbar. There are a bunch of nice panel replacements that can spice up your desktop nicely. This article gives a nice overview of kooldock, kiba-dock and kxdocker; panel replacements ranging from the pretty to the insane.
Is Dell looking to switch to Linux for their home and business computers? They are polling on favorite distributions on their website.