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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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[–] jaypatelani@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 38 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Linus Torvalds has been sold out to big tech companies like Google and Microsoft. He himself is a billionaire and no longer writes any code.

I can't take that seriously

[–] sudo@programming.dev 11 points 3 weeks ago

Still hosted on GitHub, a property of MicroSoft.

[–] ulkesh 4 points 2 weeks ago

That's because it's pure bullshit. And this repo will be deleted or abandoned in a month.

[–] moonlight@fedia.io 9 points 3 weeks ago

Doesn't Linux already have a bunch of forks? I'm using the CachyOS kernel, for example

[–] shekau@lemmy.today 7 points 3 weeks ago