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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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[–] Libb@jlai.lu 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thx for the clarification.

I'm one of those persons that (tries to) shut their computer off every time they're not using it — waste less energy, you know, stuff like that ;)

[–] petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

May s.b. will steal your laptop, when you are at lunch 😀

In general I'm with, but the standby current is really low, especially when writing the memory to disk...