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===Installing Linux===
[[Image:distro-1.png|thumb|right|450px|The '''scp''' Unix/Listing of Common Linux command is used to securely copy files between Unix/Linux serversDistributions.]]
''A '''Linux distribution''' (often abbreviated as distro) is an operating system made from a software collection that is based upon the Linux kernel and, often, a package management system. Linux users usually obtain their operating system by downloading one of the Linux distributions, which are available for a wide variety of systems ranging from embedded devices (for example, OpenWrt) and personal computers (for example, Linux Mint) to powerful supercomputers (for example, Rocks Cluster Distribution).''