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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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[–] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 102 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (23 children)

Soon we will have to call it GNU/systemd/Linux

[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 19 points 7 months ago (16 children)

Systemd makes life easy. It also makes Linux more teachable. I like accessibility and don’t even mind this

[–] topperharlie@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago (9 children)

hard disagree. life with plain text logs and daemon init scripts was so easy and nice. But we can't have nice things...

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 19 points 7 months ago

You know what's nice? Being able to sit down at any Linux distro and being able to set up and configure services without Googling how to use that particular distro's init system.

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