Linux ke Eng?
Lebitso "Linux" le sebelisetsoa ho bolela lintho tse tharo tse tšoanang empa li fapane hanyenyane, tse ka ferekanyang motho e mong le e mong haese li-geek tse thata. Tšebeliso ea tsona e fapana ho ea ka hore na sebui se bua ka lenaneo le feletseng hakae.  Boemong bo tlaase-tlaase, tsamaiso e 'ngoe le e 'ngoe ea Linux e thehiloe k'honeng ea Linux - software ea boemo bo tlaase haholo e laolang thepa ea k'homphieutha ea hao, e etsang mesebetsi e mengata mananeong a mangata a sebetsang ka nako leha e le efe, le lintho tse ling tsa bohlokoa joalo. Mesebetsi ena ea boemo bo tlaase e sebelisoa ke mananeo a mang, e le hore bangoli ba eona ba ka tsepamisa maikutlo mosebetsing o itseng oo ba batlang ho o fana ka oona. Ntle le kernel, k'homphieutha ea hao e ka ba monyako o theko e boima haholo. E na le litšobotsi tsohle tsa tsamaiso ea morao-rao ea ts'ebetso: multitasking ea 'nete, likhoele, mohopolo o fumanehang, lilaebrari tse arolelanoeng, ho jarisoa ha tlhokeho, ho arolelanoa, ho kopitsa-ka-ho ngola li-executables, taolo e nepahetseng ea memori, li-module tsa mokhanni oa sesebelisoa se ka jarisoang, ho boloka liforeimi tsa video le marang-rang a TCP / IP.  Hangata, lebitso "Linux" le sebelisetsoa ho bolela Lenaneo la Ts'ebetso la Linux. OS e akarelletsa kernel, empa e boetse e eketsa lisebelisoa tse fapa-fapaneng - mefuta ea mananeo ao u a hlokang ho etsa ntho leha e le efe. Ka mohlala, e akarelletsa shell (lenaneo le fanang ka taelo le u lumellang hore u tsamaise mananeo), lenaneo la ho kopitsa lifaele, lenaneo la ho hlakola lifaele, le lintho tse ling tse ngata. Batho ba bang ba hlompha kōpo ea Richard Stallman le Morero oa GNU,'me ba bitsa Linux OS GNU/Linux, hobane mananeo a mangata a thuso a ngotsoe ke batho ba GNU.