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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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What you do with your windows button on your keyboard? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago by SolarPunker@slrpnk.net to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Personally nothing but when I look at it I wonder if the big bang could actually have been a white hole.

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[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

i use it to open my apps menu, same as it did in windows, as well as a modifier key for desktop-level stuff... same as it did in windows lol

tho, i added one shortcut with it which i think is just neat: meta+Z to go to sleep. it's funny, memorable, easy to access yet hard to press accidentally. tbh i think it should become standard