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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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How the Media Treat Linux (www.youtube.com)

submitted 7 months ago by joojmachine@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Just sharing this really well produced video on Linux's public perception (since this channel has suprisingly not a lot of subscribers)

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[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Btw, is there something like fwupd, except to install drivers fitting your hardware, install packages and config for video acceleration, etc?

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

Not quite the same thing, but nixos-hardware has community-support configs for non-self-built machines (namely notebooks & SBCs) as well as some generic configurations you can import for CPUs & GPUs. These tend to fix quirks or enable hardware that may have been seen as optional.