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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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[–] gaael@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Please stop posting good reasons to use Linux, I already feel bad enough for the poor people stuck in Win$ and MacO$

[–] Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, and that's the beauty of it ❤️🐧

[–] Melina@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It’s actually an example of something that doesn’t work so anarcho communism

[–] seas_surround@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

melina you can't Post on other instances you're too powerful

[–] Urist@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Pretty much all of the internet and most appliances run Linux. If you are actually taking the comparison seriously it would say that it does work.

EDIT: Or BSD, but the same holds true for it as well.

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[–] Drewfro66@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Lmao amazing

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[–] Suoko@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

F**** now I got it! Amazon means from Anarchism to Zyuganovism

[–] SrTobi@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Isn't Linux more like a benevolent dictatorship. At least the kernel development.

[–] oeLLph@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago
[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

A lot of magic can happen when scarcity vanishes, or is ephemeralized.

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