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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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[Solved] This maybe a strange question but can I run a Linux app in a separate container/sandbox? Without its dependencies bloating my host OS? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by ColdWater@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 32 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

IIRC that's the whole point of flatpak, snap and appimage

Docker can probably do it too, distrobox puts a useful wrapper on that

Nix does that kind of, nix packages aren't isolated in that they can't access resources on your system but all dependencies are stored in the nix store, hashed and isolated from eachother, and wiped when you collect garbage

[–] ashley@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

Appimage doesn’t do deduplication of packages does it?