Linux kernel
type: Thing
description: UNIX veida operētājsistēmas kodols @lv
license: GNU General Public License
width: 900
description: Unix系オペレーティングシステムであるLinuxのカーネル @ja
description: avoimen lähdekoodin käyttöjärjestelmäydin @fi
subject: Category:Free software programmed in C
developer: Linus Torvalds
text: "Instead of a roadmap, there are technical guidelines. Instead of a central resource allocation, there are persons and companies who all have a stake in the further development of the Linux kernel, quite independently from one another: People like Linus Torvalds and I don’t plan the kernel evolution. We don’t sit there and think up the roadmap for the next two years, then assign resources to the various new features. That's because we don’t have any resources. The resources are all owned by the various corporations who use and contribute to Linux, as well as by the various independent contributors out there. It's those people who own the resources who decide..."
programming language: Rust, others
description: kerno de operaciuma sistemo @eo
license: GPL-2.0-only with Linux-syscall-note
description: nhân hệ điều hành nguyên khối cho hệ điều hành tương tự Unix @vi
sign: Linus Torvalds, 2001
description: monolithischa Kern @bar
description: kernel per sistemi operativi Unix-like @it
reason: EEVDF replaced CFS as of Linux 6.6
type: Q386724
sign: Linus Torvalds, 2005
programming language: C ,
name: Linux
subject: Category:Free and open-source software
caption: Corporate affiliation of contributions to the Linux kernel, 4.8–4.13
sign: Andrew Morton, 2005
subject: Category:Linus Torvalds
subject: Category:Operating systems
subject: Category:Finnish inventions
developer: Community contributors
logo caption: Tux the penguin, mascot of Linux
subject: Category:Monolithic kernels
description: نواة نظام تشغيل شبيهة ليونكس، وأساس كافة نظم تشغيل لينكس @ar
description: sistem de operare @ro
programming language: C (programming language)
label: Núcleo Linux @es
label: Noyau Linux @fr
label: Linux (jądro) @pl
label: 리눅스 커널 @ko
description: ഓപ്പറേറ്റിങ്‌ സിസ്റ്റം @ml
description: هستهٔ سیستم عامل @fa
description: ליבת מערכות ההפעלה לינוקס @iw
description: vrije software en opensourcesoftware van Linus Torvalds @nl
description: sistema operatiu @ca
description: ਆਪਰੇਟਿੰਗ ਸਿਸਟਮ @pa
label: Linux内核 @zh
date: May 2025
hypernym: Computer
description: núcleo dos sistemas operativos do tipo Unix, base para todos os sistemas operativos Linux @pt
subject: Category:Software using the GPL license
description: Unix-ähnlicher, monolithischer Betriebssystem-Kernel, Basis aller Linux-Betriebssysteme / Linux-Distributionen @de
label: Linux (Kernel) @de
updated: April 2015
label: Linux (kernel) @it
type: CreativeWork
description: Unix-eftiche bestjoeringssysteemkearn @fy
programming language: ANSI C
description: rendszermag @hu
wordnet type: synset-software-noun-1
description: 오픈 소스 모놀리딕 유닉스 계열 컴퓨터 운영 체제 커널 @ko
description: Kernel sistem operasi yang digunakan oleh distribusi Linux @in
author: Linus Torvalds
label: Linux (núcleo) @pt
description: jądro systemu operacyjnego @pl
description: núcleo libre de sistema operativo basado en Unix @es
text: Linux is evolution, not intelligent design!
language: English
subject: Category:Linux kernel
label: Linuxカーネル @ja
align: center
description: ядро UNIX-подобных операционных систем @ru
label: Πυρήνας Linux @el
label: Linux (jádro) @cs
type: Work
label: Linux (kärna) @sv
title: Linux Kernel
caption: Linux kernel 6.1.0 kernel booting, under Debian
programming language: Rust (programming language)
description: operativsystemskärna @sv
label: Linux (nucli) @ca