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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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[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 25 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (12 children)

Arch. Minimal, fast, rolling and it doesn't break. Plus, the AUR and the Wiki are unvaluable.

Had been on: RedHat (199something), Mandrake, Slackware, Ubuntu and Debian before.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

unvaluable

You've edited this post and left this in (or added it!?) so I suppose you mean it!

[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I just made a mistake, sorry :-P English us not my first language.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Sorry, I was just joking; it's clearly a typo and I don't think anyone misunderstood (or maybe even noticed).

[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

No problem, man ;-) I didn't take it as an offense. Have a nice day!

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