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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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STOP OMARCHY: Boycott Tech's Far-Right Backers (stopomarchy.neocities.org)

submitted 2 days ago by akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Protest against the Omarchy/Omacom Foundation and the tech companies and executives funding far-right open source.

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[–] elixir_fan@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

serves as a positive advertisement for the project because it’s upsetting people that everybody doesn’t like anyway

If people join the far-right to own the left they were already far-right:

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 1 points 8 hours ago

Not precisely what I was going for, but also a wrong and self-soothing argument.

What I meant was that people who whine and make everything about politics and the moral purity of people who aren't doing political work are generally considered insufferable assholes. And a fair number of people will do things just to because rhe person who said they shouldn't is an asshole.