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===Installing Linux===
Having your own Linux system offers a great learning opportunity and gives you access to a large library of software.
* For most distributions the installation involves a guided graphical environment and it is easy to accomplish
[[Image:distro-1.png|thumb|right|450px|Listing of Common Linux Distributions.<br>(Image licensed under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ cc])]]
''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).''
