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OSU Physics Faqs : Linux : Linux for Physics Majors : What is Linux?

April 26, 2017linux majors OSU Physics

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OSU Physics Faqs : Linux : Linux for Physics Majors : What is Linux?

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Linux was created by Linus Torvalds when he was a student of the University of Helsinki in 1991. He wanted to created a free clone of Unix for personal computers. Using ideas from Minix (a simpler and earlier Unix clone for PC’s) Linus began work on his kernel as a class project. Linux is now a fully functioning clone of Unix for PC’s. It is freely distributable and is covered under the GNU Public License.