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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] 82 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Y'know what's worse? When there's no dot. Worse than that, it's an undotted directory used to store a single config file. Ugh, unpleasant memories. 😒

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (4 children)

~/go is one of my major pet peeves.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's just the default location for what it's worth. You can move GOPATH wherever you want.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Doesn’t mean the defaults shouldn’t be sane

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