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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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MacOS is UNIX, Linux is UNIX, if I'm not mistaken.
Linux is software, windows is software, War Thunder is software so this comment is sponsored by war thunder
No, Linux is not UNIX. It is UNIX like. MacOS is UNIX, based on a BSD system.
Linux could be unix if someone wanted to pay to have it certified. It's meaningless.
Linux is unix-like.
Hard to swallow pills: GNU is not Unix and Linux is just a kernel