Linux
an operating system, based on UNIX, that runs on many different hardware platforms and whose source code is available to the public.
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How to use Linux in a sentence
OS X is needed to run Final Cut Pro, a state-of-the-art video editing software, and Linux is used to hack into wireless networks.
With Google now building a Linux-based netbook OS of its own, those last barriers to entry will be removed.
In Phase Two, even a chimp could make dough by throwing darts at companies such as WorldCom, JDS Uniphase, VA Linux, and eToys.
The high school kids who broke it were Brazilian Linux hackers who lived in a favela -- a kind of squatter's slum.
Little Brother | Cory DoctorowNow, have a look—this is a Linux computer with some of the most advanced robotics ever engineered.
Makers | Cory Doctorow
British Dictionary definitions for linux
/ (ˈlaɪnʌks) /
a nonproprietary computer operating system suitable for use on personal computers
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