Linux kernel, increased to 9% when including its direct dependencies. Linux Linux ( ) is a family of free and open-source software operating systems built around the Linux kernel. Typically, Linux is packaged in a form known as a Linux distribution (or "distro" for short) for both desktop and server use. The defining component of a Linux distribution is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name. The Free Software Foundation uses the name "GNU/Linux" to refer to the operating system family, as
Canaima (operating system) have been generated with several countries and manufacturing hardware companies: The most successful instances of the use and adoption of Canaima: It is a project initiated in 2009 by the Venezuelan Ministry of Education (Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación) that provides students in primary education with a laptop computer, known as Canaimitas, with free software, using the Canaima operating system and a series of educational content created by the Ministry of Education. In 2011, 1,314,091 laptops were acknowledged as being delivered. The national telephone company, CANTV, uses the operating system to a certain extent according to their Equipped