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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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XZ Utils is back on GitHub and Lasse Collin has been unbanned (github.com)

submitted 8 months ago by testeronious to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure many companies would if it wasn't just on individual

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is one of the problems, these companies and other groups just use a dependency maintained by one person (Lasse) without meaningfully contributing to its survival themselves.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

We just need more non profits to manage projects. If a maintainer burns out they should be able to contact some organization to find help.