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ELI5: What the heck is linux? (lazysoci.al)
submitted 3 days ago by LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
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I'm old. I don't understand it.

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[โ€“] Enkrod@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It's not "protecting your data" in a literal sense, it just doesn't collect and share it. Your data isn't specially protected in Linux, it's just that Windows and MacOS do collect data from your PC and sent it to their owners. So it's only better for your data protection, because it doesn't actively share your data.

That's another thing, with Windows or MacOS installed on your PC, you do not own your operating system, you just bought a license to use it. But you DO OWN the Linux on your PC, it's yours and you are legally allowed to do with it as you please. And thus, the only master that it serves are you. Not the corporations trying to exploit you for profit.

[โ€“] LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al 3 points 2 days ago

Ahhhhh thanks for explaining