Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

On which Operating System is Linux based?

  1. Windows

  2. Mac O/S

  3. Android

  4. Minix
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Linux was inspired by MINIX, a Unix-like operating system created by Andrew Tanenbaum for educational purposes. Linus Torvalds began developing Linux in 1991 as a personal project, using MINIX concepts but building a complete kernel. Linux is NOT based on Windows, Mac OS (which itself is Unix-based), or Android (which later adopted Linux as its kernel).

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