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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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Ubuntu Linux Squeezes ~20% More Performance Than Windows 11 On New AMD Zen 4 Threadripper Review (www.phoronix.com)

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Not that this is a surprise to some of us.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Ahh, okay, so nothing new under the sun: Hipsters hate normies and September never ended.

Although I'm under the impression that Mint and Pop have taken a bite out of the "beginner desktop" market, Ubuntu is most of what I observe in the office when everybody else is booting Windows.

I can understand selecting for novelty; I'm usually in that camp. But novelty shouldn't come at the expense of an argument to IT departments that they should support at least one Linux distro.