Skip to main content

GNU/Linux

GNU/Linux specifications

Linux is a family of free and open-source software Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, which was first released on 17 September 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Some members of the family are typically packaged as a distribution, which includes the kernel alongside supporting system software and libraries developed by third parties—such as GNU, Red Hat, and X.Org—to create a complete operating system; however, not all Linux-based operating systems are considered distros, with Android being an example. Linux was originally designed as a clone of Unix and is distributed under the copyleft GPL license.

Developer Linus Torvalds, GNU Project, and Worldwide Community
Kernel / engine Linux kernel
Supported platforms x86-64, ARM64, RISC-V, MIPS, PowerPC, SPARC, s390x, Alpha, m68k
First released 1991-09-17

Latest GNU/Linux versions:

Latest GNU/Linux user agents:

User Agent Browser Device
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/142.0.7444.61 Safari/537.36 Chrome 142 Unknown
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/148.0.7778.98 Safari/537.36 Chrome 148 Unknown
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) Ladybird/0.1.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 Chrome/153.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Ladybird 0 Unknown
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/147.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 PS_k9u10m3 Chrome 147 Unknown
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/147.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 PS_5dkwkl2 Chrome 147 Unknown
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/147.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 PS_o31efdv Chrome 147 Unknown
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/147.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 PS_29y49ai Chrome 147 Unknown
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) Ladybird/0.1.0 Chrome/153.0.0.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 Safari/537.36 Ladybird 0 Unknown
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) HeadlessChrome/157.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Headless Chrome 157 Unknown
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux aarch64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/138.0.7066.88 Safari/537.36 Chrome 138 Unknown