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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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I used this month's installer and saw a couple things I hadn't noticed in last month's version. First, where previously I'd used, systemd-boot, now there's a default choice of grub which I haven't used in years and limine which I'd never heard of. Also, the installer picked up my Yubikey as an HSM token.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Hey just in time for me to try and put Arch on my MBP 2017.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Just a couple days late for me. Just got a new nvme SSD which needed a recent kernel to be successfully initialized on boot. So I had to make my own ISO (september iso had too old kernel).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Excellent. Just in time for some migration of my root filesystem I’ve been wanting to do.