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This chapter provided an introduction to Linux. It explained what Linux can be used for and also its many advantages when compared to Microsoft Windows. It also introduced the community surrounding Linux, which adds to its benefits. You should be starting to realize what makes millions of people around the world use Linux as the operating system of choice.
The next chapter covers the history of Linux. It also discusses another curious aspect: the political scene that drives the operating system forward.
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(2005). Welcome!. In: Beginning SUSE Linux. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0006-2_1
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