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Brief History

The Linux Kernel was originally Developed by Linus Trovalds a Finish Computer Science student at the University of Helinski in 1991.Since the initial release of source codes, under a licence prohibiting commercial distribution. The project has grown to more than 23.3 million lines of code under the Gnu V2 Public Licence (nout counting comments). Linux is a freely distributable version of Unix. Tux the penguin as shown in the image above became the official Linux mascot in 1996 after Linus Trovalds took a trip to Canberra, Australia. Linus was bitten by a penguin in Canberra zoo.

Linux and open source.

Definition - What does Open Source mean? Open source is a philosophy that promotes the free access and distribution of an end product, usually software or a program, although it may extend to the implementation and design of other objects. Linux is open source and has been contributed to by programmers from around the world who commit their suggested improvements to distro maintainers. The majority of the web runs on linux.

Android

Android is a modified version of the Linux kernel. Because Linux is open source it gives Android developers a pre built,maintained operating system kernel to fit their needs, so they don't have to write a new one. There are also other alternatives to android other than stock rom that enable you to delete factory installed apps and download other programs you may require after rooting the Device. Check out the Lineage website for more details.