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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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[–] lengau@midwest.social 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Personal attacks aren't going to make people more sympathetic to your position.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Personal attacks aren’t going to make people more sympathetic to your position.

My position is based on facts, no matter if you feel attacked or not. Get over it.

[–] lengau@midwest.social 3 points 7 months ago

Even if your position were correct or based on facts, calling someone a fraud is a personal attack.

[–] gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Your position is based on a flawed understanding of one statistic. If Canonical released a hardware survey for snap, and it showed that 99% of the machines using snap were running Ubuntu, would that mean 99% of all Linux machines are running Ubuntu? No, it would mean that snap users are more likely to use Ubuntu while steam users are more likely to use SteamOS. You are seeing a very small piece of the overall picture and are making wild extrapolations from it.