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What is the overall role of Linux and what does it allow the user to do?
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∙ 12y ago
The overall role of Linux is to provide a Unix like Posix compliant kernel that when used in conjunction with other software and packaged into a "distribution" (eg. Debian, Gnewsense, Ubuntu) provides a complete operating system environment that can be used on a variety of different processors.
In other words, a GNU/Linux distribution allows the user to do everything you would expect an Operating System to do, as well as provide all the applications that a user would need to use to accomplish tasks on a computer (eg. web browsing, email, word processing, spreadsheet calculations, database formulation, archiving etc.)
Because Linux and the majority of the other software found in most distributions is licensed under the GNU Public License, a user can expect to have the freedom to do the following:
- the freedom to use the software for any purpose,
- the freedom to change the software to suit your needs,
- the freedom to share the software with your friends and neighbors, and
- the freedom to share the changes you make.
This is in stark contrast to most proprietary software which generally restricts your usage of that product to usage deemed acceptable to the owner of the software (ie the software company) through End User License Agreements, most of the terms of which most users do not read and do not understand.
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