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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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systemd 255-rc1 Brings "Blue Screen of Death" Support and New Tool To Spawn VMs (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] redw0rm@kerala.party 36 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I thought I would never have to see BSOD after switching to linux, but here we go...

[ tbh, I love that errors are presented much better, just that the name doesn't bring back much good memories.

[–] ace@lemmy.ananace.dev 13 points 10 months ago

It makes sense to use the words that people are most used to, and bluescreen/BSOD has been the go-to lingua for describing a crash/error screen - even if not blue - since a while now.