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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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If Earlyoom helped you with OS stability, then you have memory problems. That means you're running more in memory processes than your system memory can handle before the kernel tries to save itself by killing procs using a lot of memory.
Get more memory if possible, enable a larger swap partition, or run fewer things.
You know, sometimes memory leaks happen
This person is not discussing a one-off memory leak issue. Seeing a memory leak means just stop using that program or go to a revision that doesn't have that issue. People don't just leave leaking apps out there for consumption.