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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).
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Can AUR be used by other distros like Debian or fedora?
Technically yes, but practically no. For the same reasons that manjaro might struggle with the aur even though it is technically arch based.
Unfortunately, no, but you can get kind of close for Debian distros with LURE.
EDIT: Apparently LURE is supposed to be distro-agnostic, so it'd probably work for EL too.
Don't the file structure guidelines differ across distros?
Yeah. I haven't looked at the code that closely, but it looks like they account for various differences between distros.