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| Tux the penguin, mascot of Linux[1] |
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| Company / developer | GNU Project, Linus Torvalds and many others |
| Programmed in | Assembly language, C |
| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Free and open source software |
| Latest stable release | 2.6.39 (May 19, 2011)[2] [+/−] |
| Latest unstable release | 2.6.39-rc7 (May 10, 2011)[3] [+/−] |
| Marketing target | Desktops, servers, embedded devices |
| Available language(s) | Multi-lingual |
| Available programming languages(s) | Many |
| Supported platforms | DEC Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Blackfin, ETRAX CRIS, FR-V, H8/300, Itanium, M32R, m68k, Microblaze, MIPS, MN103, PA-RISC, PowerPC, s390, S+core, SuperH, SPARC, TILE64, Unicore32, x86, Xtensa |
| Kernel type | Monolithic |
| Userland | GNU and others |
| Default user interface | Graphical (X Window System) and command-line interface |
| License | Various including GNU General Public License, BSD License, Apache License, MIT License, and others[4] |
| Official website | kernel.org |