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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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[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, I enjoy the humorous colour names.

[–] ChristianWS@lemmy.eco.br -3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

It makes translation more of a headache than it needs to be.

[–] ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

so don't translate that file

[–] psudo@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

I don't know about this specific program, but pretty much every other time I've seen something like this it's been treated as another language and is a way for developers to test that that feature actually works.

[–] veniasilente@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Not if you ascribe to Woolseyism.