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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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Question: What is Linux misinformation? (lemmy.zip)

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It is against the rules but but what is it exactly?

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[–] olafurp 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That Linux is a single OS where OS means a distro. They end up thinking that there are 3 systems in the world, Windows, Mac and Linux.

They're pretty close, there are three types of kernels used my majority of modern computers but they since they aren't really into different OS software they equate it with "there only 3 types of OS GUIs".

[–] Linus_Torvalds 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But Linux consists of more than 1 GUI?

[–] olafurp 2 points 3 months ago

Desktop environment to be specific.