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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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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've had a teacher in elementary school scream at me for doing so. (Nesting parentheses is forbidden. [You are supposed to use brackets.])

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

It's wild seeing square brackets for something other than array indexing.

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I had a teacher that screamed at me for “taking the lords name in vain…” They’re definitely wrong from time-to-time ;-)

[–] ochi_chernye@startrek.website 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I had a science teacher that told us, "If you sneeze three times and nobody blesses you, the devil takes your soul!"

It's science.

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Pretty sure I read that paper a few years back ;-)

[–] Kethal@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

What did the teacher say about apostrophes to indicate possession?

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

No idea… stopped listening after I was adminished for my “god damnit…” ;-)