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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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Yeah I'm still pretty confused tbh! So I'm on kbin, you have kbin next to your name too OP, but then the sidebar has reddthat.com and [email protected]?
Does this mean we both signed up at kbin but the subreddit equivalent is linux (on Lemmy.ml)? But then how does reddthat.com come into it?
This is a post to linux community (@[email protected]) by user falcoignis (@[email protected]). You're reading it on kbin since it has federated this post. The default "front page" shows federated feed (Threads).
Oh of course that all makes perfect sense now….
OP is on reddthat (@[email protected]), which is a Lemmy instance, and the community this post is on is [email protected]. Not sure what's up with kbin appearing next to OP's name for you, might be incidental because of kbin's UI or something.
Edit: just looked on kbin for myself, no idea what is up with that honestly, but I see what you're talking about as well.
Personally, I think "forum" works.
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