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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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[–] testman@lemmy.ml 48 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I wonder how angry will the maintainers be in 2036:

aaaa, why do we have to support this ancient release, why did we promise 12 years of support

[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 25 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

That's how you get successful, do something others don't

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Not a problem. Ship the component as a snap instead. 😊

[–] survivalmachine 1 points 9 months ago

Eh, it's 2024 and just a couple months ago we finally got rid of our last Windows 2012 servers. 12 years isn't entirely too ridiculous.