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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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[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Eh, more accounts to keep track of sounds frustrating. And the kinds of people who call Hexbear unfounded insults on political grounds and defederate from us probably aren't people I want to talk to anyway. I come on Hexbear and .ml for an explicitly leftist experience. I think I'll stick with just Hexbear and the communities we are federated with for now.

[–] LadyCajAsca@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

create our own linuxmemes lol (I don't want to manage it, though)

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

"I'd make that group, but I don't want to moderate it."