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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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[–] leap123 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How come half of the commands in this readme were written in Rust

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Rust specializes in making parallel processing secure and approachable, so it's going get used in problems where parallel processing and efficiency matter.

Rust is also now allowed to be used in the Linux kernel for the same reasons, which is exciting!

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

Cause it's awesome?