Survey of Operating Systems, 5e
Survey of Operating Systems, 5e
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259618635
Author: Jane Holcombe, Charles Holcombe
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The term “Distribution” in Linux:

The operating system Linux comes in distributions from many sources. Here, the term "distribution" in this context means bundle of kernel and software to the operating system like the media players, word processers etc...

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