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The 14 pages that link to Linux, each with the reason it gives.

• Operating systemBroader topic: Linux systems illustrate a widely used open-source operating-system ecosystem.

• MicrosoftCompared with: Linux offers an alternative operating-system ecosystem to Microsoft Windows, especially on servers.

• Bill GatesCompared with: Linux became a prominent alternative to Microsoft Windows and proprietary server software.

• Microsoft WindowsCompared with: Its open development model and distribution ecosystem differ from Microsoft's proprietary platform.

• macOSCompared with: Its distributions share Unix-like foundations with macOS but use a different kernel and ecosystem.

• Free software movementBroader topic: Linux-based systems demonstrate the scale a free software ecosystem can reach.

• Dennis RitchieRelated: Linux adopted Unix’s model and was largely implemented in C.

• UTF-8Related: Linux systems commonly represent text in UTF-8, though locales can specify other encodings.

• Raspberry PiRelated: Linux distributions provide the operating systems used on many Raspberry Pi computers.

• Windows 11Compared with: Linux distributions offer a contrasting model of desktop software, customization, and licensing.

• Windows 9xCompared with: It offered a non-Microsoft alternative with a different licensing model and system architecture.

• System softwareBroader topic: Linux shows how one kernel supports many system-software platforms.

• Windows 7Compared with: Linux offered a non-Microsoft alternative for personal computers during Windows 7’s era.

• Open sourceBroader topic: Its kernel and distributions demonstrate open source at global infrastructure scale.