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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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[–] Album@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Quietly. Lmao. There headlines.

[–] Kevadroz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The performance speed between WSL, virtual machines, and bare metal Linux has become so close that few developers choose this method due to the overhead of needing to restart (reboot) your device any time you want to switch between the operating systems.

And there's the attempt at discouraging you from going bare-metal.

I doubt that "few developers choose this" is true.

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[–] posthexbearposting@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I'm beginning to like Microsoft more and more when I can't use FOSS. GitHub, typescript and vs code are all great. Also it's getting easy enough to de-google and replace any remaining dependency with the MS suite, which might not be any better but at least google is no longer a monolithic monopoly.

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[–] Mcballs1234@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Thread the needle

[–] sadreality@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I am sure they will start tightening screws on Linux one day too...

These can't help themselves if they got market power.

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