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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I know how shared webhosting works. This is why I wonder why the author thinks containers and chroots are the same thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

Oh that makes more sense. I probably took you too literally.