The first part of this article covers the background of how a Linux system is started once the Linux kernel (the "core" of the Linux machine) has loaded.

本文的第一部分介绍当 Linux 内核（Linux 机器的的“核心”）加载后，一个 Linux 系统怎样在后台启动。

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The Linux kernel and most Linux software is released under the General Public License (GPL), which requires the release of the source for all modified codes.

Linux 内核和大多数 Linux 软件的发行都符合通用公共许可 (GPL)，该许可需要发行所有经过修改的源代码。

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So, there are three Linuxes: the Linux kernel, the Linux OS, and the various Linux distributions.

所以，Linux一共有三种含义：Linux内核，Linux操作系统和各种各样的Linux发行版。

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On January 4th, Linus Torvalds, the Finnish programmer who co-ordinates the development of Linux (see article), quietly released the latest version of the Linux kernel the software that, as its name suggests, is at the core of the operating system.

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Torvalds, who keeps control of the Linux kernel, or core functionality, promised that the next version of Linux would run on servers with more than one processor, a big step up in computing power.

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