Welcome to the Linux Kernel Archives. This is the primary site for the Linux kernel source, but it has much more than just kernels - we have 20 GB of disk space set aside for mirroring the largest Linux-related software archives.

What is Linux?

Linux is a Unix clone written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX compliance.

It has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged Unix, including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, demand loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory management, and TCP/IP networking.

Linux was first developed for 386/486-based PCs. These days it also runs on DEC Alphas, SUN SPARC, M68000 machines (like Atari and Amiga), MIPS, and the PowerPC. Additional ports (such as ARM) are in progress.

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