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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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[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

Would like to see Linus rip a new hole on these assholes in some mailing list.

[–] morto@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago

Be careful. People are so dumb that they might misread or misinterpret it and create some hoax

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago

This was my first outloud-laugh of the day. I love it.

I already had like a thousand reasons before that, so...

[–] alecbowles@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago

And he IS fine. What a handsome guy!

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