[bteamer]

What is Linux? I hear it a lot on these forums but I really don't get what it is at all.

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

Have you done a Google search on it?

[danvicente]

owned!

[bteamer]

hahaha ok I'm sorry. I was just wondering.

[Broomhead]

Linux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers around the world. Developed under the GNU General Public License , the source code for Linux is freely available to everyone.
http://ipodlinuxinstl.sourceforge.net/

[bteamer]

Ok I get that it's a seperate operating system, but how is it different? And what exactly does Unix mean? (YES I have done a google search but still dont get it)