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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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The Open Source community really sucks at naming things
There are three options naming open source projects:
Why not combine all three?
Introducing: OpenLibreSPANK! It stands for "Spank Proudly Ain't Not Kinky"!
Beautiful!
Name of another similar tool, prefixed with the language it was rewritten in.
Free/Open something: BSD😂
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