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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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Configuring Transmission and OpenVPN on Linux (muuu.net)

submitted 5 days ago by sonus@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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This seems like something that would be simple, but I spent a long time trying to figure it out. I figured I'd write a blog post about it in case anyone else has a similar desire.

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[–] ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Is this a server or your pc? Docker is kinda silly if it’s just your pc.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not at all. It allows you to install and use whole suites of tools and libraries without any pollution of or dependencies on your host system. It also allows you to define the whole setup in a file so it's trivial to recreate on another machine

[–] ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

So baremetal would not be better?