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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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[–] fulano@lemmy.eco.br 5 points 2 years ago

I joined the community before the 1% mark. It has been such a nice journey.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago
[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Where is StatCounter getting this data from?

[–] lengsel@latte.isnot.coffee 3 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I'm genuinelly not sure if it's sarcasm or delusional.

Is fair to say that long term Linux users who are very proficiant in command line know that Linux will never have any relevence on the desktop and that the year of the Linux desktop is a delusional fantasy, it's never going to happen?

At this point it's humourous when there's some new feature in whichever distributon and someone says "Year of the desktop!", it's legitimately comical, if it's said to mock all of that talk

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[–] MrGerrit@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

If my damn steelseries keyboard would just be supported for Linux. On Reddit they said the Linux market was just too small to support it,I hope they'll have a change of heart.

[–] NekoKamiGuru@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 years ago

if they keep it up at this rate Linux will be the only OS people use by the year 3090 (16.66 years per percentage point)

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