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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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[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

I know enough to know that this is blue vs red situation but not enough to know why. But your comment will likely start a war in this post soon :D

[–] juipeltje@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Haha, yeah i'm just goofing around, but at the end of the day, just choose what is most interesting to you. It's kind of ironic how i got into Emacs anyway, cause before that i chose to use Helix instead of NVIM, cause i didn't want to bother spending so much time configuring it. Then i tried Guix, which is a distro that you configure in Guile Scheme, so Emacs felt like the perfect fit for that, but in the end i still spent hours configuring my Emacs lol.

[–] littleomid@feddit.org 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Lives have been lost in this war, but you’d be crazy to think that Emacs is not the superior editor. (Half /s)