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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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Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root (0xcc.io)

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[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 33 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Quote from end of your linked article. Note he talks about humans:

When wolves get out of control, you shoot them. When gypsies take over public spaces, you deport them.

[–] distal@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

This guy is complete trash. Does excessive coding rip holes into people's brains?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

No, because until the dot-com era when "tech bros" first became a thing, a lot of the computing pioneers were leftist/hippie counterculture types. Think MIT AI Lab (RMS), The Homebrew Computer Club (Woz, Captain Crunch), Germany's Chaos Computer Club, etc.