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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] 8 points 3 years ago (1 children)

3 of the 4 distro links are wrong. This has haste written all over it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago

Shit. Sorry, I was really in a hurry, I wrote this in the airport. The links are fixed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 years ago

As gentoo user running systemd...I think it's a bit oversimplified to say gentoo doesn't use systemd. Gentoo comes with profiles for systemd and openrc so I would say both are supported. And on a personal level I dislike the comparison to arch as both distro's hardly share any overlap in target audience (But I think the article compares them on the one thing they have in common...gui less install)

Also kind of misses one elephant in the room...openSuSE.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

How does the repo size of these distros compare with Debian/Fedora/Arch?