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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] 26 points 7 months ago (13 children)

what happened in 2021 that started this trend?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Pandemic lockdown maybe? Everyone got bored a few months into 2020. By 2021 they finally figured out their wifi drivers 🤷

(I'm joking, I haven't seriously struggled with wifi for a long time. I use Debian btw.)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I started with void cuz it sounded cool and it just shipped with the wifi drivers i needed. I got real lucky.

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