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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Happy birthday, you always will be my first love <3

[–] cheost 1 points 1 year ago

Happy Birthday Slackware, congrats! Started on Redhat personally, then Mandrake, and finally settled on Gentoo for years. Setting that up for the first time was… interesting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

great distro.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You typed Slackware, but I was thinking "Slack" and thinking there is no fucking way Slack has been around for 30 years already.

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