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title: operating system
published: 2024-07-22T15:34:49+0100
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## An operating system manages a computers's hardware and software resources

### OpenBSD: Free, multi-platform, 4.4BSD-based, UNIX-like operating system
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- [openbsd.org](https://www.openbsd.org/)
- [man.openbsd.org](https://man.openbsd.org/)
- [soure tree (github mirror)](https://github.com/openbsd/src)
- [ports tree (github mirror)](https://github.com/openbsd/ports)
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### Linux: Free, multi-platform, UNIX-like kernel
Linux is a free kernel created by Linus Torvalds. The term "Linux" sometimes describes a UNIX-like operating systems that use the Linux kernel. Software in these operating systems is often provided by the GNU project, so "GNU/Linux" is sometimes used to refer to a distro.

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- [kernel.org](https://kernel.org)
- [major distributions](https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major)
- [Paging in Linux: understanding the linux kernel](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/understanding-the-linux/0596000022/0596000022_ch02-77938.html)
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