The Linux kernel, which provides the core of many open source operating systems
Linux is a clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance.
It has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged Unix, including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, demand loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory management, and multistack networking including IPv4 and IPv6.
Although originally developed first for 32-bit x86-based PCs (386 or higher), today Linux also runs on a multitude of other processor architectures, in both 32- and 64-bit variants.
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trunk series is the current focus of development.
All packages Packages in Distributions
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zram-config source package in Xenial
Version 0.5 uploaded -
zram-config source package in Trusty
Version 0.1 uploaded -
wireless-regdb source package in Xenial
Version 2020.11.20-0ubuntu1~16.04.2 uploaded -
wireless-regdb source package in Trusty
Version 2013.02.13-1ubuntu1 uploaded -
wireless-regdb source package in Noble
Version 2022.06.06-0ubuntu2 uploaded
More contributors Top contributors
- Mario Limonciello 82 points
- Daniel van Vugt 75 points
- theofficialgman 50 points
- Colin Ian King 45 points
- Dariusz Gadomski 29 points
