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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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Another reason to use Linux.. (lemmy.zip)

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[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just oligarchs? Oligarchs don't suprise me at all. The more surprising aspect is so many artists, scientists etc. I guess humans have a weakness for someone who makes them feel like a privileged member of a boy's club.

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Noam Chomsky, that's what broke my faith in humanity. His work in linguistics is why I'm a computer scientist, his work in political activism was my introduction to leftist theory, so much of what I do and think every day is directly influenced by his work.

Turns out at the end of the day he's a neo-liberal apartheid supporting hypocrite and possibly a pedophile.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 months ago

I'm kinda surprised that him proposing that the US should throw Ukraine to the wolves (Russia) didn't completely tank his career. In hindsight, for the past 20 years he's kinda just turned into a tankie (or at least tankie-adjacent) due the the US's misdeeds in Vietnam, Cambodia, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

While the US has done wrong, that doesn't automatically make its adversaries right.