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linux
English
,+ kernel
220 horizontal Tux.svg Illustration of Tux the penguin sitting down. Tux, the mascot of the Linux operating system Lc3 2018 (263682303) (cropped).jpeg Headshot of Linus Torvalds. Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux
Etymology
en Q14579 :blend Linus<id:Q15196019> Unix<id:Q11368> 1
en Linus Unix, from the name of its creator Linus Torvalds.
Pronunciation
en /ˈlɪ.nəks/ /ˈlɪ.nʊks/
en en-us-Linux.ogg US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Linux.wav Southern England
en Linus-linux.ogg pronunciation by Linus Torvalds
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Linux.wav US
Proper noun
~ es Linuxen<l:slang>
en Q14579 en computing strictly The Unix-like open-source computer operating system kernel created by Linus Torvalds in 1991.
en Q388 en broadly Any operating system that uses this kernel.
en linux
Derived terms
en ALSA COLA COLAtard GNU/Linux LAMP LAMPP LDP LEMP LFS Lienux Linmodem Lintard Lintel Linux ISO Linuxer Linuxism LNMP LSB LUG Lunix OEL RHEL WSL
Translations
operating system
Arabic: ar لِينُكْس m, ar لينوكس m līnūks, ar لِينِكْس
Armenian: hy Լինուքս
Belarusian: be Лі́нукс m
Bulgarian: bg Ли́нукс m
Burmese: my လင်းနပ်စ် lainnnautit
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 利納克斯 Lìnàkèsī
Esperanto: eo Linukso, eo Linux
Finnish: fi Linux
French: fr Linux
Georgian: ka ლინუქსი
German: de Linux n
Greek: el Λίνουξ n, el Linux
Hebrew: he לינוקס m linuks
Hindi: hi लिनुक्स, hi लिनक्स
Indonesian: id Linux
Italian: it Linux m
Japanese: ja リナックス Rinakkusu, ja リヌックス Rinukkusu
Khmer: km លីនុច
Korean: ko 리눅스 Rinukseu
Lao: lo ລິນຸກຊ໌
Macedonian: mk Линукс m
Malay: ms Linux
Mongolian: mn Линукс
Persian: fa لینوکس linuks
Polish: pl Linux m
Portuguese: pt Linux m
Romanian: ro Linux
Russian: ru Ли́нукс m
Sardinian: sc Linux m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Линукс m
Latin: sh Linuks m, sh Linux m
Swedish: sv Linux
Thai: th ลินุกซ์ lí-núk
Turkish: tr Linux, tr Linuks
Ottoman Turkish: ota لینوكس Linux, Linuks
Ukrainian: uk Лі́нукс m
Urdu: ur لینکس linaks
en eponyms
en Computing Linux Software
German
de:
Etymology
de Q14579 :bor en:Linux<id:Q14579> +
Pronunciation
de /ˈliːnʊks/
de De-Linux.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
n,-
de Linux Q14579
de Linux Q388
Declension
n,-.sg
Further reading
de eponyms
de Computing Linux Software
Hungarian
hu:
Etymology
hu en Linux<id:Q14579>.
Pronunciation
hu Li nux
hu uks 2
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu Linux Q14579
Declension
Linuxo o
Linux ai
Derived terms
hu linuxos
hu Linux-alapú
hu Linux-kernel
hu Linux-változat
hu eponyms
hu Computing Linux Software
Portuguese
pt:
Etymology
pt Q14579 :ubor en:Linux<id:Q14579> +
Pronunciation
línux
pt LL-Q5146 (por)-Vitorperrut555-Linux.wav BR
Proper noun
m
pt Linux Q14579
pt Linux Q388
pt eponyms
pt Computing Linux Software
Turkish
tr:
Alternative forms
tr Linuks rare
Etymology
tr Q14579 :bor en:Linux<id:Q14579> +
Proper noun
Linux'u lar
tr Linux Q14579
tr Linux Q388
Declension
tr eponyms
tr Computing Linux Software