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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] 12 points 1 year ago

A user may want to back it up as an important part of their system, control it’s permissions,

control its* permissions

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I'd like to set nautilus to show hidden files, but I can't stand the amount of "trash" there's in home

Everyone is thinking "my app is the best, it totally deserves a ~/.myappisthebest directory"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

W should make a .dotfiles directory for them.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Great read, thanks for sharing this!

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