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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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[–] RedWeasel@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Worst is when installing a new distro(usually in a vm ) and it defaults to nano and for some weird reason no vi of any sort is installed. I hated nano. Last time I intentionally used something like nano was the 90s with pine I think.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Its lighter weight

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Memes like this make me glad I only usd Linux at work. You don’t get this petty micromanaging shit between windows users.

[–] kubica@fedia.io 1 points 2 months ago

My problem with those are that I always manage to get lost on where the program has its focus/what kind of instruction is expecting. And while trying to go back to normal I end up messing it more and more. Maybe some day I will get there, but it is still not the day.

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