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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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Chimera Linux (chimera-linux.org)

submitted 1 year ago by wgs@lemmy.sdf.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I just found about this distro, which is relatively new (2021). Its specificity is that it doesn't features any GNU software by default, which I find interesting.

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[–] Zucca@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

Alpine is also GNU-free afaik.

EDIT: Except for the GCC toolchain.

[–] reggie@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Chimera Linux actually uses apk or Alpine Package Keeper as its package manager, they acknowledge this but despite that market themselves as if they did something revolutionary that has never been done before

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