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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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[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (16 children)

Honest question. In the era of collaborative document editing on browser-based platforms, who is using this software and what are they using it for? I work with documents for my job and it's been literally decades since I used a local standalone word processor.

[–] mukt@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 days ago (2 children)

One single work day of patchy internet can change how you look at this.

[–] syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Idunno, that might be approaching "one day of patchy electricity can change how you view computers vs mechanical typewriters". Here people would likely use their mobile internet, especially if the company is paying their phone bill.

[–] mukt@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Most computers have sufficuent battery back up to cover "patchy electricity".

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