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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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Phoronix: Linus Torvalds Comments On The Russian Linux Maintainers Being Delisted (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Dubliette is referring to the thought-terminating cliché that every major US party doesn't want to abolish capitalism (the economic system centered around capital, private ownership, etc.), ergo we're all liberals.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 19 hours ago

I dunno how you can terminate a thought that never began

[–] [email protected] 0 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Lolbye

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago

A thought-terminating cliché (also known as a semantic stop-sign, a thought-stopper, bumper sticker logic, or cliché thinking) is a form of loaded language, often passing as folk wisdom, intended to end an argument and quell cognitive dissonance.[1][2] Its function is to stop an argument from proceeding further, ending the debate with a cliché rather than a point. Some such clichés are not inherently terminating. They only become so when used to intentionally dismiss dissent or justify fallacious logic.[3]