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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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best professional server Distro option? (lemmy.world)

submitted 18 hours ago by Bullerfar@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I am about to set up a cloud instance with linux operating system, and the common choice here normally would be ubuntu. But since they failed their newest release, and I have the option of going fedora or debian. What would you guys recommend for server?

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[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Mostly the uutils.

MIT license isn't nice.
They have way more CVEs than the core utils they replace.
They don't have feature parity yet, so if you use some rare flags in your scripts, those will break.

[–] Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Code rewrites are always going to have growing pains. Rewriting gnu-corrutils in rust is a noble effort.

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 2 points 11 hours ago

Should have used agpl if they wanted to be noble.

It's just a corpo moating strategy.