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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).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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Not really, i first used Linux in 2001 or 3... It's been some time. I think it was fedora 1. I was 21/3.
First installed Linux in 2008, Ubuntu 8.04 and started daily driving Ubuntu 10.04 in late 2010.
Since then I've used a lot of different distros, I'm now running mint.
In saying that, my son has only had Linux (and Chromebooks at school), I got him to help install his own system, he was 7 at the time.