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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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[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 34 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

x86-64-v2 gives you guaranteed support for SSE3, SSE4.1 and SSE4.2, which is relatively old, we're talking CPUs from 2008. The real boost comes with x86-64-v3 which gives you AVX.

[–] cadekat@pawb.social 10 points 2 weeks ago

*exists in Gentoo with -march=native*

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago