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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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Why is Gnome fractional scaling 1.7518248558044434 instead of 1.75? (unix.stackexchange.com)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not a "language" issue it's a "computer" issue. This math is being done on the CPU.

IEEE 754

Some languages do provide for "arbitrary precision math" (Java's BigDecimal for example) but it's slower to do that. Not what you want if you're multiplying a 4k matrix every millisecond.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I see, thanks for the explanation.