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An Open Source implementation of UNIX initiated by Linus Torvalds, which runs on many different hardware platforms including Intel, SparcĀ®, PowerPC, and Alpha Processors. Hundreds of application programs have been written for Linux, some of these by the GNU project. Linux's architecture create a more reliable system. Systems using protected memory and pre-emptive multitasking are inherently more stable. Because the source to Linux is open source, it is easy to customize and to update rapidly . This flexibility has enabled Linux to run on everything from handheld and embedded systems to clusters of hundreds of servers.

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