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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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This week in KDE: a deluge of new features (pointieststick.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I suggest that next time you simply crosspost from here so we can all comment under the original thread: https://social.opendesktop.org/users/thisweekinkde/statuses/112064318978191706

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

That's a Mastodon thread. This is Lemmy.

While Mastodon users can subscribe to Lemmy communities (such as this one: [email protected] or lemmy.ml/c/linux ) and see Lemmy posts in their feed, Lemmy users cannot normally comment on Mastodon threads.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Mastodon users can post to Lemmy communities by mentioning the Community ( [email protected] in this case). That allows Lemmy users to comment on it.

Here: https://lemmy.kde.social/post/943816

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Nice! I missed that.

So Lemmy communities have a third form:

The URL format for non-Lemmings: https://instan.ce/c/community
The Lemmy format for Lemmy clients: [email protected]
The Mastodon "tag" format: @[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

That's not even an official source either.