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this post was submitted on 05 Mar 2024
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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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The huge push from communities to get back to normal communication and marginalising toxicity is something that doesn't get often mentioned, but the culture has definitely improved over the years to where the usual "elitist gatekeeper" accusation from other OS's bad actors falls flat and more people are not put off before even downloading an iso.