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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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France Just Created Its Own Open Source Alternative to Microsoft Teams and Zoom (itsfoss.com)

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[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It's American.

[–] CactusEcho@piefed.social 16 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It's licensed under Apache license:

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You know that they could just fork it, right? Saying that "it's american", just causes FUD for opensource.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 4 points 12 hours ago

¯\_(ツ)_/¯. I didn't say it was a good reason.