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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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What advertising slogan would you give for Linux? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I though of:

Your hardware deserves better.

Also you can give some more realistic ones like my friend:

It just (not) works

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Fun facts:

The backend of Microsoft's biggest money maker Azure runs on Linux: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-showcases-the-azure-cloud-switch-acs/
The most-used OS inside Azure is Linux: https://thenewstack.io/microsoft-linux-is-the-top-operating-system-on-azure-today/
Microsoft is the second biggest contributor to open source software: https://opensourceindex.io/
Microsoft has published their own Linux distro: https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux
Microsoft has published a support page on how to install Linux: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linux/install

The OS wars are over, and Linux won.

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

In the server world, yes. The desktop is the place that needs to be won over.

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

The desktop is dying.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I think the desktop is evolving, and may one day become effectively irrelevant, But there is still a long way to go before local compute goes away, which means a local OS is still needed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

WSL is sufficient for many Windows users and developers without privacy concerns motivating them to switch to a full Linux distro.