Hey... look at what I just discovered.

[Michael Havens]

There actually IS a Linux group up here in Cottonwood.

*Linux SIG*

Meets 3rd Friday at 4:00 P.M.

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*Miles Standish*

*Linux* refers to the family of Unix-like computer operating systems using
the Linux kernel. <http://www.vvcclub.com/Sigs.htm#cite_note-6> 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 *Linux distribution* 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's intended use.  The name "Linux" 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's
preferred name *GNU/Linux*.

*Email:  linux at vvcclub.com <Linux at vvcclub.com> *


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