What the hell is a Linux

[To Give You This Gun]

I never herd of one is it like a old computer or something?

[Shine]

it's an open source operating system i believe.

[Shell]

I never herd of one is it like a old computer or something?

This is a spam thread btw, next time ask something like this in the Junkyard.

Linux is a Open Source and Free Operating system similar to Unix.

[MattSmith]

Incorrect. Linux is a base of an operating system. The actual OS's are called linux distros. Most of them are free to download. If you search Linux Distro on google, youll get a ton of results.

[Riddle]

Most OSs are based on Linux, including Mac's OS, mobile OSs, embedded system OSs... pretty much everything except Windows OSs, that I'm aware of.

[Elliot]

Most OSs are based on Linux, including Mac's OS, mobile OSs, embedded system OSs... pretty much everything except Windows OSs, that I'm aware of.

Os x uses the Darwin kernel based off of Unix. Linux is a kernel based off of Unix. Not an operating system.

[Riddle]

Never said Linux was an OS. O_o

[Elliot]

Never said Linux was an OS. O_o

I was correcting someone else. I was correcting you on Os x being based off of linux.