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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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Arch Linux-Based SystemRescue 11 Toolkit Released: Here's What's New | Linux... (linuxsecurity.com)

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[–] pastermil 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not sure if rebasing to rolling release distro would be the best decision. Interesting regardless.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's been around for a very long time. It used to be Gentoo based.

[–] pastermil 1 points 9 months ago

I did not know that.

I guess when system recovery is the only use case, you won't need an update.