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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] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's not a lot of things that stupid people can say, that would genuinely frustrate me, but when you make uneducated, factless statements, and then decide to fanboy about something in the same sentence, that genuinely frustrates me

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just so we are clear, are you hating on Linux or windows fan boys?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

All fanboys are annoying, no matter what they're fans of

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

To whom are you responding to?