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== What Exactly is Linux? ==
Linux is an operating system in much the same what that Windows is an operating system (and there any similarities between Linux and Windows end). The term ''operating system'' is used to describe the software acts as a layer between the hardware in a computer and the applications that we all run on a daily basis. When programmers write applications they interface they interface with operating system to perform such tasks as writing files to the hard disk drive and displaying informtion on the screen. Without an operating system every programmer would have to write code that could directly access the hardware of the system. In addition the programmer would have to be able to support every single peice of hardware ever created to be sure the application would work on every possible hardware configuration. Because the operating system handles all of this hardware complexity application development becomes a much easier task. Linux is just one of a number of different operating systems available today.
== Who Created Linux? ==
