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"An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the resources of the computer."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system

There are a few popular ones, and even some free ones. If you want to try Linux, Ubuntu is a good distro for beginners.

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