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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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[–] danielfgom 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nothing. GNU/Linux is fantastic. But only that but the principles of Free Software are literally the most important thing to happen in computing. Respecting user freedom is THE most important thing an OS can do.

Only Linux offers that. In using this forever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only Linux offers that.

There's FreeBSD, OpenBSD, etc. Which are not Linux-based.

[–] danielfgom 1 points 11 months ago

Yes but they don't operate on those principles. They lean to just open source, not necessarily Free Software which are 2 different things.

Plus they are best unusable by the average person as they have no desktop environment.