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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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You know what else would be awesome? "Update, reboot, and (just this once) automatically login"

It would be super useful for when I'm alone at home working but want to do updates over my lunch break.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

I think an issue is, this sets up your computer to have a way to bypass putting your password in on boot. If you don't care about security too much and don't have things like secure boot and encryption, then that's bypassable anyways... But otherwise, I'd be concerned about introducing systems that specifically bypass security.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Hardly that often there is a kernell update that require a reboot