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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).

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Voodoo cards are worth money to the right people. They're used in a bunch of coin-op arcade games.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And these machines are going to upgrade to kernel 6.8?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

why on earth do arcade machines need kernel updates? the feds gonna hack into the highscores lmfao

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)