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Published on April 28, 2025

Linux is an open-source project designed to operate as a kernel. A kernel provides a layer of abstraction between the operating system and the computer hardware. It allows the operating system to interact with the hardware components through drivers(kernel modules). Its main functions are system memory management, software program management, hardware management, and file system management. Everyone calls Linux an operating system because it's kind of the starting point of everything, the whole open-source operating system idea. Some of the most popular Linux distributions are Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Arch, and Kali.