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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] 35 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

NixOS is like that every day for no reason

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

staging rebuild cycles only happen every two weeks or so.

The reason is always that something changed and causes all dependent packages to change, requiring a rebuild of those too.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, you updated one byte in your config? Better download the entire ducking Internet and rebuild everything!