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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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[–] db2@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago (10 children)

When I moved from BeOS after they went belly up (F) I took a few concepts with me, not the least of which is ~/config and ~/config/bin the latter of which is added to $path. Highly recommend it as a place to home scripts and small compiled programs that don't need to be system-wide.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] mbirth@lemmy.mbirth.uk 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Wish I could get it to boot on hardware.

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