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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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[–] 520@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Simple:

tar -(whatever options you want here, my go to is xvzf or cvzf) archive-name.tar file/folder-to-compress

[–] cooopsspace@infosec.pub 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Create ze vuking file

Xtraxt ze vuking file

[–] yyyesss@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

oh my god, thank you for this

[–] barkingspiders@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tar can do things other than this?

[–] 520@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh I'm aware, I'm just saying this is what I normally do with it

[–] barkingspiders@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry, I was trying to be silly and poke fun at how most of us just use the one or two tar commands and it totally didn't translate in text like it did my head. Have a wonderful day good internet stranger.