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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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Under the hood (not de's or gui) what REALLY separates linux from windows? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Is it just / ?

I kid. But really, besides "its all a file", if you take away the gui, is the only difference the syntax ? How libraries interact? How disks are mounted ?

If we stripped all ms's junk out and made windows open source, would we still prefer linux?

When you get to a very basic level, is one of them more efficiently coded?

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[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago

At a super basic level, MacOS, Linux, and Windows all use different kernels.

From a very basic viewpoint. The kernel is basically the piece of software that gives each piece of hardware their instructions.

At the absolute most basic level, assuming equal hardware, all the kernels are working with same set of instructions(store this value in this register, move to this location in the stack, read this value, etc) but they issue those instructions in different orders to achieve very different results.

The NT kernel that windows uses does basically everything in a different way than the Linux kernel. To the point that their only real similarities are that they speak the same language to the bare metal hardware.