The map $T(x)=Ax$ is linear because $A(\alpha x+\beta y)=\alpha Ax+\beta Ay$ for all vectors and scalars. This follows from entrywise distributivity. A map $x\mapsto Ax+b$ with $b\ne0$ is affine, not linear, because it does not map zero to zero.
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