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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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The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source (blogs.windows.com)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

MIT license, for those wondering.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I wish they'd open source the name.

It should be called the "Linux Subsystem for Windows".

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It's so annoying, because both are technically grammatically correct, but the current one just sounds the opposite