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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Intel MacBooks have pretty great Linux support.

[–] nameisnotimportant@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I tried it but I got tired of overheating and constant fan spinning, I tried to go the vanilla route then with mbfan (or whatever it's called) and I was never able to reproduce a level of quietness comparable to MacOS so I went back.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Well you have to sacrifice something in order to make old hardware work.