this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2023
1626 points (97.9% liked)

Linux

48333 readers
887 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Rules

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 
(page 2) 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

cries in un-Linux-able chromebook (I can only do smth like crouton on it)

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I literally bought the wrong version of a game called Heretic on Amazon in the early 2000s because it "had a cool penguin on it" lmao

load more comments (3 replies)
load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›