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What is Linux?
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Ano ang Linux?
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Translated and reviewed by
AllanAtim
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Located in
about-ubuntu/C/about-ubuntu.xml:263(title)
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The <ulink url="http://www.kernel.org">Linux kernel</ulink> is the heart of the Ubuntu operating system. A kernel is an important part of any operating system, providing the communication bridge between hardware and software.
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Located in
about-ubuntu/C/about-ubuntu.xml:264(para)
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Linux was brought to life in 1991 by a Finnish student named Linus Torvalds. At the time, it would run only on i386 systems, and was essentially an independently-created clone of the UNIX kernel, intended to take advantage of the then-new i386 architecture.
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Located in
about-ubuntu/C/about-ubuntu.xml:269(para)
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Nowadays, thanks to a substantial amount of development effort by people all around the world, Linux runs on virtually every modern computer architecture.
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Located in
about-ubuntu/C/about-ubuntu.xml:275(para)
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The Linux kernel has gained an ideological importance as well as a technical one. There is an entire community of people who believe in the ideals of free software and spend their time helping to make open source technology as good as it can be.
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Ang Linux kernel ay may nakamit nang kahalagahang ideolohikal kasama ng kahalagahang teknikal. May isang malawak na pangkat ng mga tao na naniniwala sa mga kaisipan ng libreng software at nagbibigay ng kanilang panahon upang tulungan ang teknolohiyang open source na makamit ang pinakamagaling nito.
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Translated and reviewed by
Arielle B Cruz
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Located in
about-ubuntu/C/about-ubuntu.xml:279(para)
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People in this community gave rise to initiatives such as Ubuntu, standards committees that shape the development of the Internet, organizations like the Mozilla Foundation, responsible for creating Mozilla Firefox, and countless other software projects from which you've almost certainly benefited in the past.
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Located in
about-ubuntu/C/about-ubuntu.xml:284(para)
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The spirit of open source, commonly attributed to Linux, is influencing software developers and users everywhere to drive communities with common goals.
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Ang espiritu ng open source, na madalas mahalintulad sa Linux, ay malaking impluwensiya sa mga software developers at mga gumagamit saan man, para magpatakbo ng mga komunidad na pare-pareho lamang ang layunin.
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Translated and reviewed by
Jerome S. Gotangco
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Located in
about-ubuntu/C/about-ubuntu.xml:290(para)
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What is GNU?
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Ano ang GNU?
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Translated and reviewed by
AllanAtim
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Located in
about-ubuntu/C/about-ubuntu.xml:296(title)
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The <emphasis>GNU Project</emphasis> was launched in January 1984 by Richard Stallman, to develop a complete UNIX-style operating system which is comprised of free software: the GNU system. Variants of the GNU operating system, which use the Linux kernel, are now widely used.
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Located in
about-ubuntu/C/about-ubuntu.xml:297(para)
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The GNU project is closely linked to the philosophy of free software, which is central to the projects that derive from it, such as Ubuntu. The concept of free software is explained at <xref linkend="free-software"/>.
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Ang proyektong GNU ay may malapit na ugnayan sa kaisipang libreng software, na sa gitna ng mga proyektong hango dito, tulad ng Ubuntu. Ang konsepto ng libreng software ay ipinapaliwang sa <xref linkend="free-software"/>.
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Translated and reviewed by
Arielle B Cruz
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Located in
about-ubuntu/C/about-ubuntu.xml:303(para)
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