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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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It’s great for multitasking without slowing down any other programs you may be running at the same time.
Depending on what sort of programming you are doing, you might use more of the RAM than “normal”.
LSPs, linters, AI auto complete, multiple ranked auto complete sources, contextual syntax highlighting abused to feed things like symbol tree views, type analysis, scoped file trees depending on what you're working on, infinite undo since last commit, and all available in real-time.
I feel like I use up 8GB the moment I type "neovim" on a sufficiently large node project, lol.