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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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[–] F04118F@feddit.nl 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

It would be nice if you used Lemmy's builtin "crosspost" feature: that way you can share across communities to reach everyone, but (some) client software we use won't show it to us 7 times, because it knows it's the same post.

Now I get this:

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 hours ago

Where does this work? I even tried the lemmy WebUI and didnt find such a feature