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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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Red Hat donates $10,000 to OBS Studio, Flatpak to be official for Linux (opencollective.com)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It seems they're going to be moving their official Linux packages over to Flatpak rather than a PPA for Ubuntu.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

It seems to be working out well for the "Linux gaming" people. Like I said, though, I'm not really concerned with the support of proprietary software on "Linux" or with the idea of the "universal platform" of "Linux." The farther we move away from the idea of "Linux" being a "platform" the better.

See also Let distributions do their job (Drew DeVault); note that the package manager I am using (GNU Guix) aims to make it easy to package different types of libre software projects using "importers" and it's also possible to build packages directly from a specific git commit or reference.