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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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[–] xXthrowawayXx@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

Also if the normal invocation of your program produces more than 3k lines of stdout, sanitize it and default to a file.

[–] Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Great read, thanks for sharing this!

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago

It needed to be said.

[–] leastprivilege@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm new to Linux. Should I be using something like chezmoi?

[–] benjacoblee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

If you spend a decent chunk of time on config, I'd say yes - it's worth learning 🙂

[–] Chunk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

No it's doesn't matter. There are so many other things to learn.

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