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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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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 19 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

It has been since 2019 but before that it was bash.

[–] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 hours ago

I just got around to switching last month

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 13 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

They switched to bash in 2003 with Mac OS X 10.3; before that it was tcsh.