History of Linux

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History of Linux

Quality:

History of Linux - aspect of history. Article "History of Linux" in English Wikipedia has 78.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 96 references and 19 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

Since the creation of article "History of Linux", its content was written by 359 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 878 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 229 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1160 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #10887 in July 2002
  • Global: #7176 in August 2006

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #739 in December 2014
  • Global: #3101 in December 2014

There are 15 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
History of Linux
78.5961
2German (de)
Geschichte von Linux
59.6213
3Vietnamese (vi)
Lịch sử Linux
56.9688
4Portuguese (pt)
História do Linux
54.1474
5Chinese (zh)
Linux历史
52.9582
6Spanish (es)
Historia de Linux
52.0766
7Japanese (ja)
Linuxの歴史
45.2116
8Finnish (fi)
Linuxin historia
39.9417
9Arabic (ar)
تاريخ لينكس
36.8838
10Catalan (ca)
Història de Linux
26.1627
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "History of Linux" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
History of Linux
2 924 252
2Spanish (es)
Historia de Linux
1 479 197
3German (de)
Geschichte von Linux
345 694
4Portuguese (pt)
História do Linux
308 089
5Russian (ru)
История Linux
210 653
6Chinese (zh)
Linux历史
63 182
7Arabic (ar)
تاريخ لينكس
54 430
8Vietnamese (vi)
Lịch sử Linux
39 696
9Japanese (ja)
Linuxの歴史
38 161
10Persian (fa)
تاریخچه لینوکس
27 907
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "History of Linux" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
History of Linux
10 400
2Spanish (es)
Historia de Linux
1 314
3German (de)
Geschichte von Linux
979
4Japanese (ja)
Linuxの歴史
482
5Russian (ru)
История Linux
469
6Portuguese (pt)
História do Linux
467
7Chinese (zh)
Linux历史
163
8Vietnamese (vi)
Lịch sử Linux
154
9Arabic (ar)
تاريخ لينكس
125
10Hindi (hi)
लिनक्स का इतिहास
48
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "History of Linux" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
History of Linux
359
2German (de)
Geschichte von Linux
237
3Spanish (es)
Historia de Linux
98
4Portuguese (pt)
História do Linux
40
5Russian (ru)
История Linux
37
6Chinese (zh)
Linux历史
26
7Vietnamese (vi)
Lịch sử Linux
18
8Finnish (fi)
Linuxin historia
13
9Japanese (ja)
Linuxの歴史
12
10Persian (fa)
تاریخچه لینوکس
9
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "History of Linux" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
تاريخ لينكس
0
2Catalan (ca)
Història de Linux
0
3German (de)
Geschichte von Linux
0
4English (en)
History of Linux
0
5Spanish (es)
Historia de Linux
0
6Persian (fa)
تاریخچه لینوکس
0
7Finnish (fi)
Linuxin historia
0
8Hindi (hi)
लिनक्स का इतिहास
0
9Japanese (ja)
Linuxの歴史
0
10Korean (ko)
리눅스의 역사
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "History of Linux" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
History of Linux
229
2Portuguese (pt)
História do Linux
204
3Persian (fa)
تاریخچه لینوکس
161
4Russian (ru)
История Linux
158
5Arabic (ar)
تاريخ لينكس
111
6Japanese (ja)
Linuxの歴史
92
7Chinese (zh)
Linux历史
69
8Vietnamese (vi)
Lịch sử Linux
47
9Korean (ko)
리눅스의 역사
45
10Hindi (hi)
लिनक्स का इतिहास
17
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تاريخ لينكس
caCatalan
Història de Linux
deGerman
Geschichte von Linux
enEnglish
History of Linux
esSpanish
Historia de Linux
faPersian
تاریخچه لینوکس
fiFinnish
Linuxin historia
hiHindi
लिनक्स का इतिहास
jaJapanese
Linuxの歴史
koKorean
리눅스의 역사
ptPortuguese
História do Linux
ruRussian
История Linux
trTurkish
Linux'un geçmişi
viVietnamese
Lịch sử Linux
zhChinese
Linux历史

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#739
12.2014
Global:
#3101
12.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#10887
07.2002
Global:
#7176
08.2006

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on History of Linux from Wikipedia articles about Linus Torvalds, Linux, Linux kernel, Linux kernel version history and Unix. Whereas reading the article about History of Linux people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel, Linux kernel version history, Unix and Hurd.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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