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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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[–] markus99@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Doesn't matter, it only needs to stick once. And each year the big projects FOSS/Linux have tremendous improvements so if it's half decent in the eyes of the gv users it'll be a big Win