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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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[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Why? You get a kick from your GPU drivers being a proprietary black box or something?

[–] Deckweiss@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I get a kick from not buying Nvidia

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I mean same I guess, but I still view their cards finally potentially working properly and not wasting shitloads of manhours for distro/DE devs as a good thing that will benefit everyone.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

It's Nvidia. That's not going to change.

[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

No thanks to random YouTube accounts or proprietary hardware.