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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).

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[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What part of posix is redox trying to get away from?

[–] Octorine@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure. I remember seeing an example in the docs, but I can't find it now. Actually the docs in general are a lot less opinionated than I remember them.

One thing that I did find is that the ion shell document mentions that it isn't a posix compliant shell because they would have had to leave out a bunch of features.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Makes sense. Posix was created a long time ago and there are most probably some features that could be changed