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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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[–] Cwilliams@beehaw.org 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kinda meant it as a joke, but that's actually super cool

[–] TrustingZebra@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

It's a great tool but note that by default it upgrades EVERYTHING, up to and including production cloud environments if you are connected to any.