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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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Linus Torvalds Injects Tabs To Thwart Kconfig Parsers Not Correctly Handling Them (www.phoronix.com)

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Linus Torvalds added hidden tabs to Kconfig to challenge parsers that can't handle them.
Tabs were intentionally added to the common Kconfig file for page sizes to expose faulty parsers.
Torvalds believes parsers unable to handle tabs shouldn't be parsing kernel Kconfig files, aiming to force fixes.

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[–] PanoptiDon 63 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Reminds me of Beethoven writing Für Elise for sometime he loved, and when he was rejected, the music was finished in such a way that she could not play it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fur Elise wasn't discovered until 40 years after his death and its unknown who it was written for.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wait, isn't that obvious? Its for Elise!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

It was probably not for Elise, but Therese, but again its complicated.

[–] normanwall 13 points 7 months ago

Lol