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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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I'm Not a Programmer, but Here’s Why Linux Is My Daily Driver (www.howtogeek.com)

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I’m not sure if this is part of the “frequency illusion”, but I’ve noticed a lot more mainstream media talking about Linux as a viable alternative.

[–] glorious_puffy 31 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Probably because you associate more with lemmy, I think most lemmy users use linux

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

I think Lemmy plays a part in it but also all the stuff with MS recently (and people getting tired of it).

I think most Lemmy users use Linux

I was thinking about this earlier today. I’d love to do a Lemmy wide survey to see how true this is or to what extent.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I highly doubt most do, just that the percentage of Linux users may be higher than on many other platforms.

The most used platform for Lemmy is likely still Windows or a mobile OS.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Yeah clearly Lemmy might have a lot of Linux users because Lemmy in itself is really niche. Way more than Linux.

[–] Nibodhika 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's not, I've been using Linux for 20 years and it's been gradually getting more and more exposure on the main media. I think there was a huge push with Steam Machines and then another one with Proton, then every Windows screw up bumps it a little more. We're probably going to get another bump in popularity in a short while when Windows 11 enables the new feature that will take screenshots of everything you do (credit cards, passwords, etc) and use an AI to search through them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I’ve definitely seen more video content of people trying Linux or moving over completely after that announcement from MS.

[–] glorious_puffy 15 points 5 months ago

And recent fumbling of msft with recall