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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).
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Linus is - always was - a sellout. Never ask what the Finns were doing during the WWII.
Yo you still operate even after yandez blew up? You must be chinese based
Let me see, would you do what the Finns were doing if given the chance? Good to know. The russo sino phobia is to be expected.
Lick my balls with a passion bot
Go away Nazi
I love how you refer to people who give you things.
I haven't seen your kernel and OS yet, so let me know when it's ready.
The community gave things, Linus is just a small part of this. Westerners, smh.
Learn solidarity and communality, drop your liberalism, and talk again.