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An operating system is a piece of software that runs applications on a computer system.
 
An operating system is a piece of software that runs applications on a computer system.
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= Linux =
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Linux comes in multiple forms known as distributions.
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Popular distributions include:
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* [http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo]
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* [http://www.ubuntu.com Ubuntu]
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* [http://www.debian.org Debian]
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* [http://www.slackware.com Slackware]
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* [http://www.redhat.com Red Hat]
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* [http://www.opensuse.org OpenSUSE]
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* [http://www.archlinux.org ArchLinux]
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* [http://www.fedoraproject.org Fedora]
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= Unix =
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Unix Flavors
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* [http://wwws.sun.com/software/product_categories/operating_systems.html Solaris]
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* [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/aix/ AIX]
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* [http://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD]
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* [http://www.netbsd.org/ NetBSD]
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* [http://www.openbsd.org/ OpenBSD]
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= Windows =
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Windows has linear versions of its OS unlike linux.
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* [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/products/windows-xp Windows XP]
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* [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/home Windows 7]
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* [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/consumer-preview Windows 8]
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= Macintosh =
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Mac OS has linear progression much like windows in its versions and is based on Unix.
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* [http://www.apple.com/macosx/ OSX Lion]
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* [http://www.apple.com/macosx/mountain-lion/ OSX Mountan Lion]
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An operating system is a piece of software that runs applications on a computer system.

Linux

Linux comes in multiple forms known as distributions.

Popular distributions include:

Unix

Unix Flavors

Windows

Windows has linear versions of its OS unlike linux.

Macintosh

Mac OS has linear progression much like windows in its versions and is based on Unix.