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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] 2 points 8 months ago

I just finished reading it! One grammatical thing I noticed: "system de jour" should be "system du jour". System made of day vs. system of the day

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Thanks for this! Quoting from the first comment on the linked article's page…

Wonderful story I can't believe I didn't know.