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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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IPFire 2.29 released - Core Update 190 released (www.ipfire.org)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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From their homepage: IPFire_ is the world's leading Open Source firewall distribution. Businesses across the world have chosen to put their trust in our versatile, feature-rich solution with its easy-to-use web management console.

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[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

is this an advertisement?

also, is it really the world leading oss firewall distro?
I'm no expert but I have never heard of it, even though I'm not exactly new to Linux. in contrast, OPNSense and pfSense is quite popular

[–] think1984@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

It's certainly existed for years and it's a nice release, such as it is. However, the absolute lack of IPv6 and abject refusal to incorporate WireGuard for Reasons^TM^ led to me going back to OpenBSD and OpenWRT, personally. They seem to have a WIP towards finally incorporating WireGuard, but IPv6 is still AWOL, which is fatal for my use-case.