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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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GNU will spring their plan into motion for world domination, and send anyone who has said Linux and not GNU/Linux to GNUlag
They'll reveal that GNU was actually Unix all along.
GNU is Now Unix
That devious Joseph Stallman!
My brain autocorrected the surname the first read through
They will finally release HURD
The real HURD is the friends we made along the way.
This make me actually spit coffee out. I don't know why but it caught me off guard and I found it hilarious.
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