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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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Haven't booted this machine for a month or two... look at these updates! (lemmy.fish)

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[–] nous@programming.dev 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have updated arch systems that had not been powered on for years before. It was fine. No issues what so ever. Arch is not some flaky distro that breaks if you look away for a minute. My main system has had had the same install for over 5 years now and I regularly forget to update it for months at a time. Again, no issues.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah really the biggest issue I could see is pacman’s keyring being so out of date that it has to be manually refreshed with a new one