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- <sect2 id="contents-kernel"><title>Contents of Linux</title>
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- <para>The Linux kernel is at the core of every Linux system. It's what makes
- Linux tick. When a computer is turned on and boots a Linux system, the
- very first piece of Linux software that gets loaded is the kernel. The
- kernel initializes the system's hardware components: serial ports, parallel
- ports, sound cards, network cards, IDE controllers, SCSI controllers and a
- lot more. In a nutshell the kernel makes the hardware available so that the
- software can run.</para>
- <para><emphasis>Installed files</emphasis>: the kernel and the kernel
- headers</para>
- </sect2>
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