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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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Reminder to clear your ~/.cache folder every now and then (lemmy.world)

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

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A screenshot of a file manager preview window for my ~/.cache folder, which takes up 164.3 GiB and has 246,049 files and 15,126 folders. The folder was first created about 1.75 years ago with my system

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

This is why Linux sucks!

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

Windows famously never generates any garbage files. It's so reliable all servers run windows. Right?

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

This is one of those things that makes me shake my head about Linux. It's these small dumb problems that make Linux inaccessible to the common person.