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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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What caused you to get into it, are you an evangel and are you obsessed?

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[–] heyfluxay@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I joined the Fediverse and it seemed like everyone was using it!

I’m unable to fully convert at the moment, but boot it up every so often to experiment.

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lmao, i mean fediverse, opensource, descentralized, and need a linux server to run, overlap very much

[–] heyfluxay@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Well……ummm….yes.