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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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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sometimes I get tired of people publishing clickbait videos to hustle ad revenue.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=a2YZ9GwSkxI

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Also available on peertube which is better still.

https://tilvids.com/w/6W8dpZFyXoqefxfigAjyqm

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Yup a lot of the stuff he says, is true. Especially the vocal Gatekeeper minority and the problems with hardware support.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've grown to really dislike Nic's videos lately. Aside from promos that take up 1/3 of the video, a lot of the opinions and recommendations are completely baseless. It's practically equivalent to the Verge making tech posts, except the person has no experience with it whatsoever.

The one that put it over the edge for me recently was the distribution tierlist, which recommended a lot of stuff criminally broken stuff as beginner friendly, purely by what color the DE was

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

mate cmon youre not a kid, dont expect all videos to be of your interest.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

@fugepe Because it works perfectly without bells and rings ❤️

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Who knew computers that aren't just spyware black-box products in disguise could be so... boring?