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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)

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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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[–] jack@monero.town 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google is not deeply rooted in trying to harm the free/open software movement, unlike Microsoft. MS has always been the ideological enemy of Linux.

[–] victron@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So much they made WSL and made many developers happy. People acting like nothing has changed in more than 30 years.

[–] jack@monero.town 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How exactly is WSL helping anyone but MS? It's there so devs on Windows don't get tempted to try actual Linux