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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] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

...Kernel patch at age 4. Sigh... What have I done with my life?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Internet didn't even exist when I was four, let alone Linux, so I don't feel so bad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well, you shoulda been working on ARPANET then, slacker!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No matter how many times I read this I have no idea what's going on. Can someone explain this like I'm 3

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

A girl read documentation and see that all the titles are underlined with -, but one of the letter isn't underlined like the others (that's the lonely s). Then she asks the person doing the commit to fix it and they fix it together.