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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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Most of us hate Microsoft, and yet many of us use VSCode (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by flashgnash@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I get that it's open source provided you use codium not code but I still find that interesting

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[–] anoklola@mastodon.world -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@tomten @snek is linux your son or something?

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My baby actually. Look, MS is a powerful company and they're making a lot of desperate strategic purchases as their main business corrodes. Their brand is more based on gaming. Their infrastructure? The cloud and github. They've got the butter and they're looking for bread to slap it across.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I have a deep seated fear for the future of GitHub in the long run. Seems too ripe for eventual enshitification.

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Well, this seems inevitable. But on the other hand, Github is really unique in the business and labor market too.

Huge and important companies depend on it for hosting code.
These same companies depend on open source projects.
These same companies depend on programmers posting to their Github to share examples of their skills with the world, being potential employees.

Now if you can enshittify Github in a way that doesn't fuck with how important people use it too much, it will be after changes to how the tech hiring environment works - worldwide.