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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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[–] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 1 year ago (4 children)

GitHub is the most mainstream, Gitlab has the most features and is selfhostable, Gitea has fewer features, but is more lightweight for selfhosting. Both Gitlab and Gitea are also working on federation.

I don't know about the others.

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 47 points 1 year ago

Both Gitlab and Gitea are also working on federation

... and aren't owned by Micro$oft, which is always a huge plus.

[–] 56_@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Forgejo is a community run fork of Gitea. It's also what powers Codeberg.

[–] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I gotta be honest I didn't know Codeberg doesn't use their own thing.