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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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[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 174 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux is in fact KDE/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, KDE plus Linux.

[–] d_k_bo@feddit.de 99 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Windows, is in fact, Adware/NT, or as I've recently taken to calling it, Adware plus NT.

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 21 points 11 months ago

Adware + New Technology (from the 1990s)

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I finally get this reference! I think this could mean im ready to try Linux again

[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago (1 children)

[–] aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's time to write free software and defend rapists, and I'm all out of programming talent

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 13 points 11 months ago

Haha (but in all seriousness, his lack of understanding of the issue was embarrassing, even if he did apologise afterwards; it's like Ballmer: everyone remembers him saying "Linux is a cancer", yet nobody remembers him apologising, when he saw Satya Nadella found a way to make money off Linux, rather than look for ways to tear it down as competition). In both cases these men saw that a change in their stance would allow them to achieve their goals (of promoting free software, and making money, respectively) much more easily).

So here you can see me behaving like the average Linux user, hating on Microsoft and being elitist about my distro, and I'm done ranting about M$.

I use Arch BTW.

[–] k_rol@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't :(

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're one of the lucky 10,000

[–] psud@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You can't say that without explaining the reference. How can they be one of the lucky 10 000 when they still don't get it?

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago

hmm, looks like my link still works... clicking on any of those words should take them to the answer, which is a bit too involved for me to summarize :). if for some reason your client isn't reading it, here's the naked link:

https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Interjection

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

What if you're running KDE stuff on *BSD. Or on Windows, for that matter...

(eg: I use Kate on windows as my primary text editor on my work computer...)