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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).

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (2 children)

As someone who writes bash scripts, fuck no, this is a terrible language and it shouldn't be used for anything more complex than sticking two programs together.

Also, parallelism goes right out of the window.

Maybe you'd convince me with a real programming language.

[–] SuperIce 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That just made me imagine a Rust rewrite of systemd

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

There is (was?) a group writing a whole Linux-esque OS in Rust: https://github.com/nuta/kerla

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Any time I see a grognard seriously suggest going back to bash for anything exceeding 10 lines of code it makes me very happy none of them are in control.