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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).

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[–] jcg@halubilo.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, how often do you take apart and put together cars?

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And how often do they take a car apart and somehow end up with a computer?

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It’s easy to take a car apart and end up with a computer (at least in cars from the last 30 years or so.

The trouble is putting them back together (I started on computers, and now take apart and put back together cars too).