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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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TIL that operating system Linux is an example of anarcho-communism (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

FOSS is an ancom as food not bombs and books to prisoners programs.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Don't know about books to prisoners, but food not bombs is definitely influenced heavily by libertarian socialism

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Is that why there were so many darn anarchists there?

And yeah books to prisoners programs are both a means of direct action and of spreading anti carceral propaganda to those most effected. Not all programs are anarchist, but the one I helped with had a zine library that included a lot of stuff by former prisoners about the harm, ineffectiveness, and racist origins of the American prison system. Which was good because at least that was something they always had enough of unlike English-Spanish dictionaries. Seriously if you ever have any lying around donate it to a books for prisoners program. A lot of prisoners want to learn to communicate with those they’re locked in a cage with. And for anyone with more liberal sensibilities it’s also a form of self improvement that helps on the outside.