Free as in beer
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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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lol I was going to suggest "it just works"
I would not have suggested that before this year but it's definitely true now, or at least truer than for Windows/Apple.
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Though this tongue-in-cheek tagline takes the "free as in free beer" misinterpretation of the term "free software", I've always found it a fun way to describe the time investment you'll need to make if you've spent your whole life using Windows before making the switch.
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Can’t believe it’s not Windows.
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When I started my own design for Tux I came up with "it's all about U" written on the repo where I've developed it (upstream isn't updated)
In hindsight it involuntarily highlights the difference between the open source and the free software movement pretty well, I'm definitely for the latter, but it is accurate to the product and its creator
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