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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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How bad is Microsoft? (www.gnu.org)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was curious what the Linux people think about Microsoft and any bad practices that most people should know about already?

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[–] AbidanYre 129 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Embrace, extend, extinguish

[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 months ago

Came here to say this. They wrote the playbook that has spelled the end or at least shitification of so many standards, open-source or otherwise(but usually still free-to-use or at least cheap).

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They also wrote the book on user-hostile everything

[–] olafurp 7 points 6 months ago

And set the bar super low for other tech companies

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

IIRC It's on their Wikipedia