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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).

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you're not familiar with reading mailing lists or don't follow what is happening, Brodie Robertson on YT did a good video on this: https://youtu.be/GhfhzTDQdUU

TL;DR: Some tooling script caused the problem, but it initially seemed like a malicious pull request from kernel developer. It wasn't and the issue was resolved. The tooling script will be updated with better error messages so this kind of problem should be obvious when it occurs.

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Brodie has a good read on the pulse of Linux, worth following if you want to keep up with linux news.