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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] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

SystemD has been such a frustration the last couple years with the wonderful simplicity and stability it used to provide managing a system completely out the door as its main development company (RedHat) has stopped giving any kind of a shit about being a positive force in the world. We all shoulda listened 10 years ago when the greybeards were telling us not to fall for an init system trying to do too much.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If we listened to the grey beards there’d be no gui. Just a. Cli interface.

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

I'm not seeing a problem here.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Why would you need a GUI for the init?

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

Emacs, sed and logining in as root

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

Emacs? When there's ed? Talk about bloat…