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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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what do linuxers think of crostini?? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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for those who dont know, crostini is a feature available for chromeos that lets you install a debian container and has a cute terminal and lets you install linux software (can be from flathub, github, etc!!! woa!!). i love it so much and use it daily for programming python on my chromebook and crostini is what i mean when i say that google loves open source and linux, they know debian is the greatest and they use gentoo to make chromeos

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you have a Chromebook and that's what you need sounds like the ticket! Glad you enjoy it.

When I was in highschool I could only afford a Chromebook and I chrooted mine, which meant putting Linux on it. I believe that's changed in years past though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

thank you so much!! its awesome because i can have gimp, krita, vs code and more running natively so thats nice, and without ever turning on developer mode