There actually IS a Linux group up here in Cottonwood.<br><p align="justify"><b><a name="Word_Processing/Spreadsheet_SIG0">Linux SIG</a></b></p>
<p align="justify">Meets 3rd Friday at 4:00 P.M.</p>
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					<p align="justify"><b>Linux</b> refers to the family of 
					Unix-like computer operating systems using the Linux kernel.<a href="http://www.vvcclub.com/Sigs.htm#cite_note-6"><sup>
					</sup></a> Linux can be installed on a wide variety of 
					computer hardware, ranging from mobile phones, tablet 
					computers, routers and video game consoles, to desktop 
					computers, mainframes and supercomputers.  The 
					development of Linux is one of the most prominent examples 
					of free and open source software collaboration; typically 
					all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, 
					and redistributed, both commercially and non-commercially, 
					by anyone under licenses such as the GNU General Public 
					License. Typically Linux is packaged in a format known as a
					<i>Linux distribution</i> for desktop and server use. Some 
					popular mainstream Linux distributions include Debian (and 
					its derivatives such as Ubuntu), Fedora and openSUSE. Linux 
					distributions include the Linux kernel, supporting utilities 
					and libraries and usually a large amount of application 
					software to fulfill the distribution&#39;s intended use.  
					The name &quot;Linux&quot; comes from the Linux kernel, originally 
					written in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. The main supporting user 
					space system tools and libraries from the GNU Project 
					(announced in 1983 by Richard Stallman) are the basis for 
					the Free Software Foundation&#39;s preferred name <i>GNU/Linux</i>.</p></div>
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<p><b>Email: 
<a href="mailto:Linux@vvcclub.com">linux@vvcclub.com</a> </b></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>:-)~MIKE~(-:<br>