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-'''Linux''' (also known as '''GNU/Linux''') is an open source monolithic Unix-like [[POSIX]]-compliant kernel created by Linus Torvalds. Unlike some complete operating systems, Linux is a base for OS developers to create an OS with the software of their own while using a pre-made widely-supported kernel. It would no longer be a single kernel 2 years later by Richard Stallman when GNU and Linux were both combined into one.
+'''Linux''' is an free and open source, monolithic, Unix-like, operating system kernel originally developed by [[w:Linus Torvalds|Linus Torvalds]] in 1991. By extension, the term also refers to full operating systems that combine the Linux kernel with a set of user software to provide a full Unix-like user experience. These so-called Linux distributions usually bundle GNU tools, which led to the combination also often being called GNU/Linux.
+Operating systems such as [[Android]] and [[Chrome OS]] are also based on the Linux kernel; however, they are not usually considered Linux distributions due to the large differences in their architecture as compared to a conventional GNU/Linux system.
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