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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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Ackchyually, not every Linux is a GNU Linux (lemmy.ml)

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Some examples:

Android
Alpine: Alpine Linux is built around musl libc and busybox
glaucus: A simple and lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and toybox
Chimera (alpha stage): Chimera uses a novel combination of core tools from FreeBSD, the LLVM toolchain, and the Musl C library

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

Also, on their main page:

Chimera aims to eliminate legacy cruft where possible to deliver a modern, general purpose, fully featured operating system that is simple but complete.

While on their Community page:

Our primary means of communication is IRC. [...] We ask you to refrain from using advanced Matrix features, such as reactions, editing, message removal, markup and multi-line messages while using the chat. This is because users on IRC side will either not see that or it will clutter the channel. Stick to simple, plain text messages, like you would if you were on IRC.

Do you think they're aware of the irony of relying on crusty old IRC while touting about Linux having legacy cruft and their code being better?

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

@entropicdrift would you mind elaborating how the choice of a chat protocol is connected to technical aspects of an operating system? i feel like i'm not galaxy brain enough for that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's just an ironic contradiction of philosophy.

Over on the OS side they're dedicated to making a fresh start and leaving behind crufty old standards, but on their chat server they've limited their chat tech to the capabilities of IRC, a chat protocol so old it pre-dates Linux.

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

IRC is perfect, that is why it no longer evolves.

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

@entropicdrift considering how universal IRC is for open source and how other solutions are persistently lacking for the purpose (either by being proprietary, lacking decent clients, having embarrassing protocol decisions, being obscure, etc), there isn't really much other choice (that's not to say IRC is anywhere close to without flaws but it's simple, low barrier of entry, and resilient)