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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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[–] Amicchan@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

I hope it's copyleft.

[–] obbeel@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Firefox trusts Rust, I distrust Rust. It's as simple as that.

[–] Amicchan@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Well I distrust Mozilla; so I'm neutral on this opinion.

[–] Tiuku@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

How great is Rust without an operating system? I mean that hosted C++ implementations are great with their algorithms and whatnot, but freestanding implementations don't actually add too much to plain C.