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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

lol how does this post have 12 upvotes and only 1 downvote when the URL is truncated so it's 404?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I was curious about that as well; I removed my downvote now that it has been fixed, however.