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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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If you look at it from 2018 it was down at 0,71%.

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[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 years ago

Fun fact: if you use Proton to run a Windows game in Linux, Steam reports it as a Linux player, so developers of many "Windows only" games will actually see a number of Linux users in their analytics.