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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] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

With some configuration management tools like ansible you don't even need root privs to manage your users environment and keep everything neat and consistent.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Yes I am stupid and thought the link is describing some apps which additionally need to be installed but its mostly config and aliases...