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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).

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Top comment gets to choose my hostname (feddit.de)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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After nuking my old install, I am in need of a hostname. Top comment chooses it.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I've always been partial to "wintermute". Not many people will get that reference these days.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I understood this reference

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

this? https://necrofacility.bandcamp.com/album/wintermute

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Not quite.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long long time

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Really? I see it used in techie communities pretty often.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Ummon would be pretty good too.