this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2026
630 points (95.4% liked)
Linux
68248 readers
590 users here now
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Rules
- Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
- No misinformation
- No NSFW content
- No hate speech, bigotry, etc
Related Communities
Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0
founded 7 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Does Linus support steaming artwork and a fascist surveillance state? Because using and supporting and entrenching the technology use is exactly that.
The other way of helping with that, is give Apple, Adobe and Windows a huge advantage, so people can't easily move to free / open software.
It's a lot more difficult to be controlled by a monopoly when the OS is free, and anyone can roll their own
At the moment, money is basically going straight to closed source US companies for almost every desktop computer. Remember when Tim Cook gave Trump a gift publicly the other day? We KNOW Microsoft and Apple DEFINITELY aren't on our side... They're not even subtle about it anymore (weirdly though, it feels like Microsoft is more on our side these days than Apple)