by Bounce.Nerd November 10, 2009
Get the Abe Lincoln mug.1. An operating system kernel that was developed in 1991 in Helsinki, Poland by a programmer by the name of Linux Torvalds. Torvalds made an interesting choice as to making the kernel open-source, meaning that anyone was allowed to look at the kernel's code, use it, modify it, and/or redistribute it. Over the years, the kernel was patched, modified, and redistributed so many times that it's more stable and secure than Microsoft's Windows NT kernel, which has been doing nothing but collecting dust over the last 20 years.
2. A series of UNIX-like operating systems made using the Linux kernel. Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, openSuSE, Slackware, Mandriva, Gentoo, these are all popular Linux distributions. Some are made for power-users, others are made for the average user, looking for a better computing experience. Linux has a horrible reputation about not being user friendly, and that's partially true. But more recent versions of Linux such as Debian, Ubuntu, Mandriva, etc. are very user friendly, and have graphical tools so that you wouldn't have to use the command line utility most of the time.
2. A series of UNIX-like operating systems made using the Linux kernel. Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, openSuSE, Slackware, Mandriva, Gentoo, these are all popular Linux distributions. Some are made for power-users, others are made for the average user, looking for a better computing experience. Linux has a horrible reputation about not being user friendly, and that's partially true. But more recent versions of Linux such as Debian, Ubuntu, Mandriva, etc. are very user friendly, and have graphical tools so that you wouldn't have to use the command line utility most of the time.
Linux was and always will be the pioneer of the open-source world. The kernel's currently up to release 2.6.39.
Nearly everything we use today, be that calculators, ATMs, or even your own smartphone is powered using Linux. 10 of the world's fastest supercomputers use Linux as its kernel.
GNU/GPL software make up the rest of the operating system and apps. "GNU/Linux" is the way lawyers say it in court.
Nearly everything we use today, be that calculators, ATMs, or even your own smartphone is powered using Linux. 10 of the world's fastest supercomputers use Linux as its kernel.
GNU/GPL software make up the rest of the operating system and apps. "GNU/Linux" is the way lawyers say it in court.
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Premeditated sex act involving a handful of pubic hair, semen, and a large top hat, not unlike that of Abraham Lincoln. The unknowing partner falls victim to a facial following a human hair confetti blast and a top hat on their head.
by Abraham Kincoln July 1, 2008
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by Big K Lovin ... Word January 12, 2005
Get the abe lincoln mug.Many people think it is an OS, but it is actually just a clever trap devised to capture and mark elitist morons so normal people can avoid them.
"Nice to meet you, what operating system do you use?"
"Linux because it is so stable and it runs everything better then eveyrthing else and it is perfect and better then any other OS"
"Goodbye!"
"Linux because it is so stable and it runs everything better then eveyrthing else and it is perfect and better then any other OS"
"Goodbye!"
by TheDog December 28, 2005
Get the Linux mug.An operating system like Windows or Macintosh, owned by Linus Torvaldis, who is obsessed with penguins. His "mascot" dude is a penguin named Tux.
by Elijah January 9, 2004
Get the linux mug.The act in which a male shaves his pubic hair before his lady friend arrives. He then proceeds to receive felatio and at the point of orgasm, he ejaculates into the female's face, hits her in the eye with his penis, and then covers the lower portion of her face in pubic hair.
Dude, I just shaved my pubes and when smead gets over here, i'm gonna give her a Blinkin Lincoln that she'll never forget.
by candle weiners December 21, 2008
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