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Linux distributions have many conventions that make Linux more than a kernel. Here are some: | Linux distributions have many conventions that make Linux more than a kernel. Here are some: | ||
* Linux file systems usually include ones with Unix-like permissions, as well as Linux file systems not usually using a file allocation table. | |||
* Linux installations usually use the UNIX directory structure with there being one "root" folder (represented as a single forward slash) with other folders including devices, apps, and config files like /dev, /bin, and /etc. | |||
* Linux applications usually are stored in ELF format | |||
* Linux systems will usually use a descendant of the Bourne shell for a navigation shell. This includes shells like bash and zsh. | |||
==Everything is a file== | ==Everything is a file== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Linus Torvalds originally meant to call Linux "Freax". One of Linus' coworkers didn't like that name and uploaded the software to the FTP server as "Linux". | |||
* Linus was bitten by a penguin one time, and that is the reason that the logo of Linux is a penguin. | |||
==Distributions== | ==Distributions== | ||