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Introduction to Linux

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1.6. Summary

In this chapter, we learned that:

  • Linux is an implementation of UNIX.

  • The Linux operating system is written in the C programming language.

  • "De gustibus et coloribus non disputandum est" : there's a Linux for everyone.

  • Linux uses GNU tools, a set of freely available standard tools for handling the operating system.


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