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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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[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Btw do you know how uutils (rust rewrite of GNU coreutils) is doing?

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wrong license still but I just read an article saying they are making progress on compatiabity with the GNU coreutils

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

What means wrong license? Does it need to be GPL(v3)?

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 months ago

Ideally, moving away from copyleft is step backwards for user tools