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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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Apt-cacher-ng: Cache packages on a local mirror instead of redownloading them (wiki.debian.org)

submitted 1 year ago by boo_@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I set this up a few weeks ago since all my systems, except one Gentoo server, run Debian and I am very happy with it. Should work on all distros using apt (Mint, Ubuntu, etc.) and I've read that dnf may work with it as well.

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[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

So, my system for years has been a squid proxy jail with plenty of disk space, works great so far.

I can see where this might be better, but squid solves a few of my issues including limiting outbound connections for most of my apps to the ones I know they need.