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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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I feel like I've been gaslit into running FOSS but every success only brings me closer to fighting god

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[–] [email protected] 113 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I already ran Linux when the API blew up but now I'm a girl..

[–] [email protected] 56 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Might be a Linux thing, though.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

windows -> LMDE -> Fedora KDE -> Arch Linux -> Gentoo

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

LFS feels like the next logical step in that progression.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Gentoo -> Linux From Scratch -> Kernel From Scratch

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Windows 98 > Windows XP > Ubuntu > Fedora > Ubuntu > Arch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Windows -> Linux Mint -> Debian -> Arch -> Kinoite

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I'm totally posting there tonight!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago

Linux gals are best gals

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago
[–] los_chill 8 points 11 months ago

I tried Ubuntu in college and people told me it was a phase... joke's on them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

queen behaviour