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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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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 11 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

OMG ubuntu or fedora by default! finally!

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 3 points 12 hours ago

It is nice to see. However, it's not like anything other than *nix will run on rv (for now)

[–] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

To be fair, how long it took Michaelsoft to support ARM? What else to ship it with? BSD, IOS...

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 8 points 20 hours ago

i try to focus on silver linings wherever i see them because the clouds are going to come whether or not you want them to.

[–] obbeel@lemmy.eco.br 10 points 20 hours ago

Finally, something done using only RISCV.