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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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Just putting this here cause I found it a good overview of a pretty confusing situation I had no prior knowledge about

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I have seen people describing the code base to be ugly. However, the project itself looks like it will sustain. But don't go to their discord server for support if you belong to any sort of minority group.