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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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[–] retiolus@lemmy.cat 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] redw0rm@kerala.party 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably that if possible, you can link to original article from itsfoss. And possibly for all such news ( unless its overly bloated / behind a paywall )

[–] retiolus@lemmy.cat 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I shared the article through my link precisely because the site is "overly bloated" with ads...

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If that's a problem, no trouble, I'll share the original links from now on!

[–] otl@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry my comment was really snarky - I apologise. Long day! I'll do better in the future :)

There has been criticism of this listicle format. Critics claim they are clickbait and machinated recycling of information/ideas. Listicles seem to exist to just get more ad impressions over entertaining and informing the reader.

The original article on the original site feels a bit like that. Loads of ads, with just one link to the actual nixos website, mid-sentence, towards the bottom of the article (where the majority of readers never get to).

[–] retiolus@lemmy.cat 1 points 1 year ago

No worries, and as I was saying, that's why I've shared the article through my site, without ads