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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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[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It is for the situation "what even is this OS" that aren't answered by uname -r

But since you need to know what OS this is to install this program with the package manager, it's only useful if it was previously installed during the initial setup.

I guess its one of those program every OS should have installed. Like screen.

[–] bamboo@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

That’s what cat /etc/os-release is for.