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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] 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Well you can run doom on Linux, so obviously yeah

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

The excel people will never cease to amaze me...

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

they have a "How?" section on their github page, but they seem to be missing a "Why?" section.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Finally ... :)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

but can you run excel on linux :(

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Just use Excel within Windows within a virtual machine within Linux within Excel, easy.

[–] DaveX64 5 points 2 months ago

Tux: "I'm in ur spreadsheet messing with ur cells" :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

read it the wrong way...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Now make it run in .ods and Linux.

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

What the heck? This bends my brain.