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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] 55 points 1 year ago (4 children)

less, I don't remember what distro it was, but there wasn't less. There was more though.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's a LESS_IS_MORE env var for less which makes it behave like more. Or something like that. Check the manpage

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

There is a variable in less source code which keep status if less should behave like more

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But when will "then" be "now"?

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

Will the future be better tomorrow?

[–] JackbyDev 2 points 1 year ago

Also, sometimes they have an old version of less. There was a change in the past, I don't know, five or so years that made the "exit if less than one page" flag behave better. I don't remember the specifics but it made using it as a fit pager way better. It used to be that it was difficult to have it act like cat when the output was less than a page. But newer versions support it.

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

What distro was this?