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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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[–] story@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

this is why openBSD will run the spaceships 20000 years from now if we make it as a species

[–] provectus@lemmy.ml 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

NetBSD already runs a lot of the satellites out there.

[–] story@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago

close enough. even proximity to perfection is perfect in a way