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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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[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

A friend recently asked me to play a game with him that had an anticheat that Intentinay made it impossible to play the game on linux

I had both linux and windows on my computer, but windows was broken

I tried to make a virtual machine and install windows on it, but i couldnt install it

He blamed all the problems on linux

[–] Hexarei@programming.dev 15 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately for him, the game devs are the problem

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had the same with Genshin Impact; it refuses to install on Linux due to “cheating rootkits”, it even refuses to install on a Windows 11 VM in VirtualBox!
How does it do that‽

[–] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

VB is easy to detect