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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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A GNU+linux based competitor to Apple Vision Pro could bring the year of the GNU+Linux desktop if it comes before the other evil companies release similar things (lemmy.ml)

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

Nix is nice, why the beef?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm sure it's nice, but it shouldn't be forced upon me by some random software project. I don't use Nix, I don't have a need for Nix. But if I want to install this project, for some reason I suddenly need to edit my root system to install some package manager I'm never using.