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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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Linus Torvalds -- Creator of Linux -- defends gun regulation, woke communists, womens rights AND trans rights. Linux is political! (cdn.masto.host)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by juergen@feddit.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Linus' thread: (CW: bigotry and racism in the comments) https://social.kernel.org/notice/AWSXomDbvdxKgOxVAm (you need to scroll down, i can't seem to link to the comment in the screenshot)

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[–] raubarno@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

~~He's not Finnish, he's a Swede from Finland. Please attribute the nationality correctly.~~
He's not defending communists. He just points out that 'woke' is a word used in a spiritual context, which doesn't make sense with communism. The header of this thread is a clickbait. Read the article again.

EDIT: He's actually a Swedish-speaking Finnish guy, mea culpa.

[–] raubarno@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Finns are arch enemies of communists. Show a finnish guy a hammer and sickle, and he'll ... you.

[–] teemuki@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago

I might add that Linus' father Nils Torvalds was a card carrying member of the Finnish Communist Party in the 1970s.