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Linux is a family of free and open-source software Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, which was first released on 17 September 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Some members of the family ar
Linus Torvalds, principal author of the Linux kernel
5.25-inch floppy disks holding a very early version of Linux
Nexus 5X
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Unix
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Unix is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, the development of which started in 1969 at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thomps
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…system; however, not all Linux-based operating systems are considered distros, with Android being an example. Linux was originally designed as a clone of Unix and is distributed under the copyleft GPL license. There are many thousands of Linux distributions, many based directly or indirectly on other…
Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie, principal developers of Research Unix
Photo from USENIX 1984, including Dennis Ritchie (center)
Promotional license plate by Digital Equipment Corporation. Actual license plate is used by Jon Hall.
HP 9000 workstation running HP-UX, a certified Unix operating system