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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] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not to mention free as in freedom.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sadly there's no beer in it however

[–] psud 1 points 1 year ago

You can look up beer recipes and buy equipment and ingredients from it though. And use web based or spreadsheet calculators on it to do beer related calculations

That beer is also not free, but assuming you make beer for a long time the price per pint (half litre to split the difference between UK and US pints) tends toward about 20c (though highly hopped beers like hazy pale ale can get towards a dollar a pint) which is pretty cheap

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

That's probably for the better.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] psud 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could get Ubuntu in a free like America style

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But in America, Freedom isn't free.

Buck'o'five.

[–] psud 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Canonical will sell you an Ubuntu

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm guessing you have no idea what Team America is.

[–] psud 0 points 1 year ago

I have seen it. I take it I missed a film reference