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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 don’t get the joke :c
Cancer is absolute shit, but I do also love dark humour (when I get it lawl)
Comes from the copy pasta of "I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux" and. And a bit more memeing with the fact that Linux itself is not as "free/libre" as GNU AFAIK (or the famous quote of Linux is cancer from Ballmer)
Thank you! I’m just getting into Linux and stuff.
It's a reference to a copypasta.
Aha! Thank you for the context!
It's also a reference to Steve Ballmer from Microsoft calling Linux a cancer