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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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Some of y'all need to see this and drop the superiority complex... (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Image shows a tweet with the header "and people STILL try to convince me Linux and Windows are better when the DATA clearly shows otherwise. SMH" with an image attached showing the following:

"Operating systems by current version" Mac OS: 14 Windows: 11 Linux: 6

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[–] [email protected] 179 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I use Mint 21. Checkmate.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Nixos is at 23.11 :) Also, rolling releases are kinda fun: the latest commit so far is 46ae0210ce163b3cba6c7da08840c1d63de9c701 which roughly translates to nixos-unstable 403509863565239228514588166489915404446713104129 :D

[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You could take the revision number. nixos-unstable has 567011 commits currently.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Laughs in Fedora 39

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Windows 98 enters the chat

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Windows 2000 says hi to Windows 98

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago

Windows Server 2022 kicks 2000 in the balls, does a line of coke, and crashes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Are we forgetting Windows 2000?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

OpenSUSE 42.3 standing tall

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Integer override, result -6279532

[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago

Fedora 39

[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Windows 98 has entered the chat.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

Me with my Windows 2000 😏

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

They really went downhill after that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

This is a rare case where it matters that Linux is not an operating system.