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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It'll be fun filtering all the color codes out of build logs, that's for sure. :/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Apt even warns you to not use it for anything scripting related, apt-get has a stable interface for exactly that

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

So far almost any Linux software I have used and supports colored output automatically turns off coloring if it detects that stdout is not a terminal.