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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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It's very weird that Linux is broken up into Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, Linux (non-WSL), Fedora, etc, etc. but none of the other OSes are. Example: Windows isn't broken into Server 2022, Server 2025, Windows 10 home, Windows 10 iot, Windows 10 S, etc, etc.
It's very hard to tell what the total numbers are as you can't just add these together, since an indivdual might use several.
I suspect it's because they allowed users to select multiple, 'cause if you add all the personal Linuxes together, you get 61% on their own.
Regardless, it's actually looking really good for Team Free Software.
gotta make microsoft happy to help you survive as the world embraces ai for the same reasons they used to embrace your content.