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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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What feature/utility/app are you surprised is not installed by default in Linux distributions? (lemdro.id)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems like it would have to exist to create your initial login, unless you only had a root user

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

You can just manually edit /etc/passwd

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

I haven't used that since the 90s on HP Unix. Do you get to set default permissions for file creation there, and also add user groups?