Iyini iLinux?
I-Linux iwumndeni wezinhlelo zokusebenza ezivulekile ezifana ne-Unix ezisekelwe ku-Linux kernel. I-Linux kernel yakhululwa okokuqala ngo-September 17, 1991 nguLinus Torvalds. I-Linux ekuqaleni yayenzelwe amakhompyutha womuntu siqu asekelwe ku-Intel X86 architecture, kodwa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi iye yathuthukiswa kuma-platform amaningi kunanoma iyiphi enye i-OS. Ukusabalalisa kwe-Linux okudumile kuhlanganisa i-Debian, i-Fedora, i-Red Hat ne-Ubuntu.