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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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Linux is free and open source software ecosystem. It's like handing people free brushes, canvases and paints - sure, removing the financial hurdles may enable talents otherwise unable to afford indulging their artistic streak, but you also can't really prevent anyone from painting awful bullshit. Best you can do is not give them attention or a platform to advertise their stuff on.
That's the price of freedom: It also extends to assholes. We can't start walling off Linux, so the best we can do is individually wall them off from our own life and hope enough other people around us do it too.