What is Linux?

Freely Distributable UNIX Clone
• 32 or 64 bit
• Compliant to X/Open and POSIX
• Mostly compatible with BSD and SYSV
• Fully available and independent source code
• Linux is the kernel, not the utility programs
• Six years old, now at 2.0.30 (2.1.43)
• Available on multiple hardware platforms
Covered by the GNU Public License (GPL)
• Not Free-ware or Share-ware
• Linux Source code will ALWAYS be freely available
• Can be developed by anyone