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2. Maya (operating system) - Wikipedia

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   Maya OS is not the first operating system developed by the Government of India.In 2007, the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) released the Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS GNU/Linux), a distribution of GNU/Linux aimed to promote adoption of swatantra software and was also being used by the Indian Army.

3. Ubuntu - Wikipedia

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   Ubuntu is built on Debian's architecture and infrastructure, and comprises Linux server, desktop and discontinued phone and tablet operating system versions. [30] Ubuntu releases updated versions predictably every six months, [31] and each release receives free support for nine months (eighteen months prior to 13.04) [32] with security fixes, high-impact bug fixes and conservative ...

4. Linux - Wikipedia

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   A Linux-based system is a modular Unix-like operating system, deriving much of its basic design from principles established in Unix during the 1970s and 1980s. Such a system uses a monolithic kernel, the Linux kernel, which handles process control, networking, access to the peripherals, and file systems.

5. Free and open-source software - Wikipedia

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   "Free and open-source software" (FOSS) is an umbrella term for software that is simultaneously considered both free software and open-source software. [5] The precise definition of the terms "free software" and "open-source software" applies them to any software distributed under terms that allow users to use, modify, and redistribute said software in any manner they see fit, without requiring ...

6. Bharat Operating System Solutions - Wikipedia

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   BOSS Linux was developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing with the aim of promoting the adoption of free and open-source software throughout India. As a vital deliverable software of the National Resource Centre for Free and Open Source Software, it has an enhanced desktop environment that includes support for various Indian language and instructional software.

7. Open-source software - Wikipedia

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   Linux: Linux is an operating system kernel that was introduced in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. [24] Linux was inspired by making a better version of the for profit operating service Minux. [24] It was radically different than what other hackers were producing at the time due to it being totally free of cost and being decentralized. [24]

8. Comparison of Linux distributions - Wikipedia

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   Unlike other operating systems, Linux and Unix allow any file system regardless of the medium it is stored on, whether that medium is a magnetic disk, an optical disk (CD, DVD, etc.), a USB flash memory key, or even contained within a file located on another file system.

9. Ubuntu philosophy - Wikipedia

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   Even with the various definitions, Ubuntu encompasses the interdependence of humans on another and the acknowledgment of one's responsibility to their fellow humans and the world around them. It is a philosophy that supports collectivism over individualism. Ubuntu asserts that society gives human beings their humanity.