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This website is dedicated to a Unix Operating System invented by Linus Torvalds known as Linux.
The linux operating system is not owned by any one person and can be modified by any one under the GPL.
GPL is an acronym for General Public License, in short this licence says that anyone can rewrite linux code and redistribute it as they wish.
Unlike Windows Linux comes in a Variety of distrobutions because of the GPL, a distrobution is a version of the Linux Operating System that someone has modified and then redistributed.
Some Distrobutioins include SuSe Linux, Red Hat, Mandrake, Phat Linux and Slackware Linux, links to these site are on the "How to get Linux" page.
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