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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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which linux distro do you NOT like, and why? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know that snaps existed before Flatpaks right?

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

So it would have been that much easier for Ubuntu to be first to market and open source the snap server software…

But they didn’t. And alternative solutions had to be created.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'm not defending canonical decisions, but definably when they started working on this there was no other alternative available for them to collaborate at the time