this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2024
222 points (98.7% liked)

Linux

56853 readers
828 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Rules

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Every place I click to download the 2024 Sketchup portable sketches me right the fuck out.

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have that feeling with almost every proprietary binary from a website nowadays.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fortunately we have a Foss alternative for almost everything

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Do you know of a sketchup alternative

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)