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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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Maybe the fr*nch aren't so bad after all (discuss.privacyguides.net)

submitted 2 days ago by grandma@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] mmmm@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Maybe someone can get upset by reading that word?


On a serious note, though, on my first semester at graphic design a teacher once told us that some day (here in Bogotá, Colombia) a punk wearing a jacket or something with a struck though swastica waiting for the bus near the uni. Some old lady saw him and the swastica and passed out on the spot. Apparently she was a jewish migrant or something. I never even imagined such things could happen here but the point was to be aware of the things you use in your communications

[–] talkingpumpkin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Maybe someone can get upset by reading that word?

Must be US people? Because I don't know anyone else who is offended by "fuck" and ok with "f*ck".

[–] hyacin@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago

Maybe someone can get upset by reading that word?

and by bypassing their filters with idiotic 'censoring', you expose them to it.