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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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Audacity 4.0 beta lets you test its new (and much nicer) Qt interface (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

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[–] Balinares@pawb.social 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'll venture, it's a natural if misdirected immune reaction from people who are all too aware they are being tracked ceaselessly and relentlessly, all day, everyday, not to their benefit. So sure, this one piece of software swears its own tracking is just for debugging purposes... But why risk it?

[–] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

that does explain a lot