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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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What do you all think of Mental Outlaw (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Personally, I find his Linux and privacy-related endeavors commendable, but I widely disregard of his political stances.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I suspect the whole geographic thing also plays into it.

Where I live, you're never more than 15 minutes from a police station. Maybe half an hour if you live in the middle of nowhere. There are also more than enough cops to go around. I can imagine if you live 4 hours from a police station in the middle of nowhere, or somewhere with 24hr response times, you would want a gun for protection. I certainly would.