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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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Dumb question but what's a BSD? What's the difference?
That research is much easier than figuring out what is computer's "stack" without using my first language!
Dude I'm a beginner struggling to learn Linux because there are so many options, so few good explanations, and people like you only want to patronize me
I just want a tldr
What a lack of documentation. On BSDs we didn't suffer that.
BSD is an operating system. It diverged into FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD.