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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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[–] musicmatze@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good news on one side (10k for OBS) and bad news on the other side. 😂

[–] joojmachine@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why bad news? It means that there's an universal package with official support for every distro instead of them just supporting Debian/Ubuntu and everything else being just... kinda there and unnoficial.

[–] musicmatze@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am not in favour of these flatpacks/snaps or whatever these things are called. Packages should be distro packages, always. And the vendor of the software should never be responsible of packaging, thats literally the job of the distribution.

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago

You are ignorant due to assuming Flatpaks are same as Snaps or AppImages. Flatpaks are incredible. AppImages are next. Snaps are worst.