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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
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What do you want? A stat counter for everyone's personal PC?
The government of India, the largest country by population, using Linux is.. a huge win?
All they need is a chrome browser, so why would the government waste money on windows licences? A huge win is when personal pcs switch to linux. Linux doing basic web browsing and word processing is not a huge win.
@caustictrap @OsrsNeedsF2P you are entirely missing the point about linux