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[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

Also the memey "xxxx the year of Linux". Because that's been going on for 40+ years now. 😅 You use it, or you don't. Your OS is a tool, not a belief system.

[-] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

This person gets it

[-] ogeist@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago
[-] dandroid@dandroid.app 15 points 1 year ago

I think it's a copypasta because we're doing overdone Linux memes in this thread.

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Ah, yeah, that makes more sense.

[-] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

It's a copypasta.

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Year of Linux on the consumer PC. Linux has been dominating the server space for... 40+ years now.

[-] mark3748@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

That’s interesting, I remember reading a post to comp.os.minix about 32 years ago about a Finnish student who made his own OS. It was just a kernel that barely worked. Wish I’d known it was already dominant in the server space for over 8 years, could have gotten a head start!

[-] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I hope that student's project turned out ok, even if it's not big and professional like GNU. Did he ever add support for non-AT hard disks?

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I'm not quibbling with nerds over the timeline, I was just echoing the original poster's words.

[-] Arrakis@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

So Linux has been dominating the server space since before it existed? Cool!

[-] joyjoy@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Every year is "The Year of Linux."

[-] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

According to the last magazine I checked about this, 1997 is actually going to be the year of Linux on the desktop.

And this housing bubble is totally going to burst any day now, too.

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