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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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Linux Directory Structure - FHS (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have always wondered why there was a developer folder(/dev)

Now i know that the government is trying to make people think it stands for something else so they can replace all programmers with advanced random number generators

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

Also /lib is where some people keep discarded capitalists

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

/lib/tar.d/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

That’s a US-only extension mainly used by Facebook and Twitter members.