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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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Linux maintainers were infected for 2 years by SSH-dwelling backdoor with huge reach (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 94 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Maybe a better title would have included "from 2009 to 2011"

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago

But that would make this "news" piece irrelevant, no?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago

In other news, the world trade center was hit by a plane

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Yeah... it's very clickbatey to NOT include that detail.