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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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Oh come on, we could have lived in a world where the translation layers are called WINE and DINE!
How petty would it be to make a fork of it just to rename it to DINE?
The right kind of petty.
It's the only logical choice!
FORK IT
You'd likely need to write someone complimentary software called KNIFE.
I mean, "Wine, Darling?" Is still pretty good