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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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How the Media Treat Linux (www.youtube.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just sharing this really well produced video on Linux's public perception (since this channel has suprisingly not a lot of subscribers)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Uugh I'm so sick of proprietory licenses and software.. all this licensing shit.. I'm just fed up

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Part of the problem also has to do with corporate-backed distros. Fully community-driven distros don't suffer from that nearly as much, if at all.

I like Fedora, but stuff like that makes me worry about how it's going to be as time goes on.