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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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Ubuntu Council corrects forum moderator's interpretation of rules relating to queerness (web.archive.org)

submitted 1 day ago by Cris_Color@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Was surprised no one bothered to post this give how big of a reaction this story got.

Wanted to post the update and correction cause that deserves to be seen just as much. This seems like a reasonable, thoughtful handling of the issue.

I still don't really wanna use Ubuntu though 😅

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[–] vhstape@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Honestly, I don’t think Snaps are so bad. Canonical’s top market is enterprise, and Snaps are ideal for deploying applications in these environments. If you’re an end-user, you can literally just uninstall the runtime

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago

Snaps are bad for two reasons:

The backend is proprietary & the client doesn't support other backends without modifying the source code
For some packages, doing apt install installs the Snap instead

There's no good reason for either. Canonical is simply setting things up so they can squeeze money out of their users by enshittifying over time.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 18 hours ago

they're also great for software bom's