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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] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sched-Ext finally in mainline!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yay! Finally a new LTS!

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

anybody know what happened to NTSync? saw some rumors but nothing concrete

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I was wondering this exact thing. Lots of stuff made it in, but not a peep from the linux gaming community when they had been talking about this for so long.