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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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What caused you to get into it, are you an evangel and are you obsessed?

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[–] OddFed@feddit.de 73 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I installed Linux and the feeling of freedom and privacy hit me so hard that I immediately began committing crimes, knowing that the FBI could never track me. Piracy, sexual assault, trademark infringement, petty larceny, tax fraud, you name it. I also own several fully automatic firearms even though I live in the state of California, but it doesn't matter. Ever since I removed Windows 10 from my computer and replaced it with Arch Linux, and began using a PinePhone as my daily driver phone, police can't even stop me in traffic. Windows may have a lot of video games, but the benefits of Linux should not be understated.

[–] ultra@feddit.ro 38 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

New copypasta just dropped

[–] astraeus@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It gets deleted on another post so you have to paste it elsewhere in the same community

[–] OddFed@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago