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Linux Essentials - Second Edition
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Up until now, we’ve described Linux as if it were a single OS, but this isn’t really the case. Many different Linux distributions are available, each consisting of a Linux kernel along with a set of utilities and configuration files. The result is a complete OS, and two Linux distributions can differ from each other as much as either differs from OS X or Windows. We therefore describe in more detail what makes up a distribution, what distributions are popular, and the ways in which distribution maintainers keep their offerings up-to-date.

We’ve already described some of what makes up a Linux OS, but some details need reiteration or elaboration:
A Linux Kernel A Linux kernel is at the core of any Linux OS, of course. We’ve written this item as a Linux kernel because the Linux kernel is constantly evolving. Two distributions are likely to use slightly different kernels. Distribution maintainers also...
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