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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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[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 115 points 22 hours ago (2 children)
[–] FirmDistribution@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago

bro 😭

I clicked on the post thinking "do we even care?" and this is the first comment I see

[–] adry@piefed.social 11 points 21 hours ago

Yeah, I was using vivaldi before switching to Zen browser (a firefox fork with the sidebar as I like it.) The only thing I cared for was about that UI change.