this post was submitted on 14 Sep 2024
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I use Arch btw


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This isn't exclusive to Linux, by the way. I originally found this command on MacOS.

Does the photo show? It's my first time trying to send a photo post to an outside instance and I'm not sure about the steps to do so.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is that mono space comic sans?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I think you mean common GNU W. You see, what you are referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.