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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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are community based distros stable or only corp ones? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 17 hours ago by golden_king@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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i mean is a distro not made by a corp stable as in does it last years or do they often fail and vanish?

so i dont install a distro and customize it and all this and fine i need to move my whole digital life to new distro again.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 22 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Corporations can go out of business, have an incentive to enshittify, etc. Communities/non-profit foundations generally don't.

The only way a community project can cease to be "stable" (in the "not going away" sense you're using it) is if literally nobody competent cares enough to maintain it anymore, and if that's the case, was anything of value really lost?