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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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Systemd wants to expand to include a sudo replacement (outpost.fosspost.org)

submitted 6 months ago by starman to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 186 points 6 months ago (4 children)

What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, Systemd/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, Systemd + Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning Systemd system made useful by the Systemd corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago

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

Thanks to BSDs we have sane alternatives :)

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

Oh it's no longer POSIX, he's seen to that!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

ProgrammersAreHumanToo, great stuff.