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Linux strictly speaking is a kernel used in many different operating systems.

The simple answer is "the linux kernel" but that's not entirely correct, depending on whether the question is about Linux the kernel, or the often misused label "linux" meant to refer to any one of several hundred operating systems that run over the linux kernel.

In my opinion, the defining component, the dominant trait, of linux is the modular design of the kernel. It need only be as big and complex as required, making it very small and simple, or a monolithic giant that can do anything, or anywhere in between.

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