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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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Linus Torvalds and Richard Stallman (lemmy.world)

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I've tried using my incredible (british) brain using Google to see if these open source titans ever engaged in a battle of "friendly conversation" with one another.

I was always interested what Stallman thought of the angry but smart finnish man who gave us the robust penguin kernel that breathes life into older machines and powers supercomputers for the weather.

The same with Torvalds thoughts on Stallmans GNU involvement and him as a person.

This is because you sometimes had different organisations in the FOSS and OSS community that take on different meanings so I wanted a better idea if these chaps ever spoke in an interview together.

TLDR : Does finnish man like bearded GNU jesus man and the same vice versa

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[–] SpeakinTelnet 30 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Should have been called Lignux.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lig deez nux

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

🤭

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Thats the term Stallman came up with when the first distributions (esspecially Debian) started to build up. It wasnt really popular even back than so he setteled in GNU/Linux as alternative which to this day is in the name of quit a lot distributions.

It was never the plan/intend to rename the Linux kernel itsself to either of those terms.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

hell they could have called it anything.. seems like they couldnt get past their egos to see the value in a new designation

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I thought Linus didn't come up with the name Linux

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

He didn't. He wanted freax or something dumb. Someone talked him into Linux.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

His professor ig

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

They did not really “talk him into it”. They simply labelled it that when they uploaded it. Linus just went with the flow and it stuck.