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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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Apparently, 12% of Technology Workers Believe that MacOS is based on Linux (www.youtube.com)

submitted 19 hours ago by marathon01@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I mean it's kind of like the "humans evolved from monkeys" or whatever primate you want to substitute for monkey. No, they branched off from a common ancestor though.

I mean lots of people get mixed up between BSD, Linux, UNIX, and all the variations over the years. Is MacOS a version of Linux? No. Is a human a type of ape? No. Are MacOS and Linux way, way closer than either are to Windows, hell yes. Just like people are way closer to being monkeys than swallows. There's a lot of mixed breeding in both examples and a lot of total incompatibilities as well.

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 36 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Is a human a type of ape? No.

Er... yes, categorically and definitively.

[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 11 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

12% of humans believe we aren’t apes

Edit: hopeful the number is actually this low

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 7 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

12% of humans believe we aren’t apes

All humans are apes, those people more so than most.

[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Humans are apes.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

Except humans aren't just any apes, humans are great apes.

Given the topic, this distinction is highly relevant.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 hours ago

Not me, I am a damn dirty ape.

[–] phar@lemmy.ml 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Go back and read the first post in the chain again...

[–] gazter@aussie.zone 1 points 13 hours ago

Are humans based on apes or great apes?