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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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[–] DoingFedTime@scribe.disroot.org 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

And you know what? Doing updates once a week saved me from updating to this version :)

[–] 30p87@feddit.de 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I upgraded to 5.6.0-1 on the 28th Februar already. Over a month ago. On a server. That's the first time Arch testing has fucked me so hard lol.

[–] DoingFedTime@scribe.disroot.org 2 points 7 months ago

Having arch has benefits because of more up to date packages but ofc as it happened to you, it introduces more risks

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