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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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Taken from the CompTIA IT Fundamentals Exam Guide book (2nd edition, published 2021). I'm not sure if they fixed this in newer versions, if at all.

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[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 53 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If someone send this to Stallman, he'll write a stern email on emacs to the book's author reminding them that gnu is not linux.

[–] ShadyGrove 4 points 1 year ago

Well yeah, it's a Linux variant!