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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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Got this popup ad on my work machine today. This is why I use Linux on my personal machines. (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm typing this on my lemmy "server" PC, an 8500 i5 running Linux Mint (and lemmy.mindoki.com yay !)

I keep my 2600X Windows machine but I more and more rarely feel the need to go back to it. Photoshop something quickly or scan or print something, got a lot of stuff on the drives, ... not very much more! Guess I'll have to deal with some specific stuff if I want to fire up my 3D printer, but once the change done, it's done forever I feel, and not like every windows update you have to re-do/learn something again...

Ah, you wanted some sort of comment? Sorry, I was just ranting :-D