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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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Proton Mail Finally Releases Desktop Apps With a Linux Beta Version (news.itsfoss.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Not from mozilla, they spun it off a couple years ago

"Thunderbird is completely independent of the Mozilla Corporation, the makers of Firefox."

Edit: from 2012 apparently. time flies https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/02/the-future-of-thunderbird-why-were-rebuilding-from-the-ground-up/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

It’s still under the Mozilla foundation though, which is what people who are talking about Mozilla usually mean (they’re the ones collecting donations and the parent organization).