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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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Fun facts:
- The backend of Microsoft's biggest money maker Azure runs on Linux: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-showcases-the-azure-cloud-switch-acs/
- The most-used OS inside Azure is Linux: https://thenewstack.io/microsoft-linux-is-the-top-operating-system-on-azure-today/
- Microsoft is the second biggest contributor to open source software: https://opensourceindex.io/
- Microsoft has published their own Linux distro: https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux
- Microsoft has published a support page on how to install Linux: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linux/install
The OS wars are over, and Linux won.
In the server world, yes. The desktop is the place that needs to be won over.
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"For slogan, please refer to the according man page"
more seriously maybe "Software it your own way"
I recently passed Linux Foundation System Admin and they had a weird Debian that just slapped me with
man not found or something like this
I like it, but I think proprietary can tell it too.
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"I didn't want to play that game anyway."
For me that game was Rust and it was more 'Maybe for the best if I don't touch that game again'
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I didn't come up with it and the picture is not mine. I just found it on the internet earlier.
Its not windows
And when you tell your OS to poweroff it... powers off. Wow.
And when you tell it to suspend or hibernate, it also powers off.
Or it is still turned on cause it failed.
it's like magic or somethin'.
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Join a Movement, not a Marketplace
"We hope you like config files"
Own your Computer
"It does exactly what you tell it to do."
- Remove kernel.
- Ok.
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"Own your computer" and "Free your computer"
Have it your* way.
*your way may involve several hours of configuration
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Jokingly: "Linux is free if your time is worthless"
Though this tongue-in-cheek tagline takes the "free as in free beer" misinterpretation of the term "free software", I've always found it a fun way to describe the time investment you'll need to make if you've spent your whole life using Windows before making the switch.
Linux: you've been using it for years and don't even know it
lol I was going to suggest "it just works"
I would not have suggested that before this year but it's definitely true now, or at least truer than for Windows/Apple.
Because it's your computer
If you don't read the man pages, we're going to ban you from the chat.
Think ~~Different~~ Freely.
You can fix it, really. :)
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!
It’s yours.
At least it's not Windows?
Take your digital freedom back!
"Better learn to use the command line, kid"
valve's success is the rebranding of flatpak wine fsync and dxvk as steam runtime and proton. people fucking hate Linux and will only use it by accident
That's far too long. They could try and turn it into a ditty for an advert, but it wouldn't look great on their merch.
Forget the hardware
YOU deserve better
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