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Linux kernel

The Linux kernel is a free and open-source: 4 Unix-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide. The kernel was created by Linus Torvalds in 1991 and was soon adopted as the kernel for the GNU operating system (OS), which was created to be a free replacement for Unix. Since the late 1990s, it has been included in many operating system…

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Available in
English
Developers
Community contributors Linus Torvalds
License
GPL-2.0-only with Linux-syscall-note[c]
Original author
Linus Torvalds
Preview release
7.2-rc7 / 9 August 2026
Release
0.02 (5 October 1991; 34 years ago (1991-10-05))

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Linux kernel

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Linux kernel

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related to Conflict · 34
Linux kernel → Alan Cox, Apple, Asahi Linux, Bcachefs, Christoph Hellwig, Con Kolivas, Hector Martin, In, In April, In December, In February, In July, In June, In March, In October, James Bottomley, Kay Sievers, Lennart Poettering, Linus Torvalds, Linux
related to Value · 22
Linux kernel → Again, Alonso, Amanda McPherson, Brian Proffitt, COCOMO, European Union, February, Fedora, Garcia-Garcia, In, Linux, Magdaleno, October, Oviedo, Ron Hale-Evans, Spain, The, This, University, US
related to Contributions · 17
Linux kernel → Cc, Contributions, Credits, Depending, Git, GNU, If, In, Linux, LKML, Maintainers, Once, Otherwise, The, The Git, These, Torvalds
related to Supported architectures · 15
Linux kernel → Architecture, ARM, DEC Alpha AXP, IBM, IBM’s Summit, In October, Linux, Linux-based, Linux-like, Motorola, That, The, TOP500, Torvalds, While
related to Process management · 13
Linux kernel → Each, If, Linux, PID, Processes, SIGABRT, SIGCONT, SIGINT, SIGKILL, SIGSTOP, TGID, Unlike, When
related to Community · 12
Linux kernel → According, Andrew Morton, For, IBM, Intel, Linaro, Linux, Linux Foundation, Linux Kernel Development, Red Hat, State, The
related to Licensing terms · 12
Linux kernel → Contributed, GNU General Public License, GPL, GPL-2, GPL-compatible, GPLv2, Initially, Linux, Linux-syscall-note, The Linux, This, Torvalds
related to Mainline Linux · 9
Linux kernel → Every, Linaro, Linux, Mainline Linux, Maintaining, Non-mainline, The Git, Using, Yocto
related to Programming language · 9
Linux kernel → AT, C11, C89, GCC, GCC's, In September, Linux, March, T-style
see also · 9
Linux kernel → Apple, Computer, Family, Kernel, Linux, Operating, Unix-like, Version, Windows

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linux kernel code version torvalds system support released gnu patches also developers use operating memory modules release development stable systems

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Linux kernelAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
Linux kernelDevelopersCommunity contributors Linus Torvalds1.00infobox
Linux kernelLicenseGPL-2.0-only with Linux-syscall-note[c]1.00infobox
Linux kernelOriginal authorLinus Torvalds1.00infobox
Linux kernelPreview release7.2-rc7 / 9 August 20261.00infobox
Linux kernelRelease0.02 (5 October 1991; 34 years ago (1991-10-05))1.00infobox
Linux kernelRepositorygit.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git1.00infobox
Linux kernelStable releaseRegular: 7.2 / 16 August 2026 LTS: /1.00infobox
Linux kernelWebsitekernel.org1.00infobox
Linux kernelWritten inC,[a] assembly, Rust[b] and others1.00infobox
Linux kernelis afree and open-source Unix-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide0.90text
optimizing memory useinstance ofThe code also contains assembly code for architecture-specific logic0.80text

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