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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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[–] mysteryname101@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Embedded. I’m currently writing software with 96 bytes of RAM. My next project I get to splurge and have 8kB of RAM and 32k of Flash.

I’m more scared with how badly I’ll handle/manage the 8k of RAM.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Also anywhere where a GC is just too slow. Like in videogame engines.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's a very specific usecase though that the majority of programmers likely will never have to face.

[–] gamma@programming.dev 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Taking courses which involve subjects that you will likely never encounter in the workforce is a thing in every discipline. Most engineers don't need to manually solve differential equations in their day jobs, they just need to know that they exist and will often require numerical solutions.

Getting your hands dirty with the content provides a better understanding when dealing with higher level concepts.