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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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Question: What is Linux misinformation? (lemmy.zip)

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It is against the rules but but what is it exactly?

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's genius. Absolutely evil, but genius.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

All it's been doing for at least the past 15 years is throw an error message. Because there really isn't any reason you'd want to do that on purpose.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

To the disappointment of evil prankers everywhere. Reminds me of "format c:"