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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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Linux Desktop reaches New All time high. 4.45%(+0.4) 📈🐧 (gs.statcounter.com)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don’t think “liberating” your machine is the reason people are just now getting mad at windows.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

“I can't choose when to update, anymore”
“I can't uninstall all sorts of things, anymore”
“I can't even use my perfectly fine laptop of 6 years old, anymore”

It's all about liberation, I'd say.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

“I can’t choose when to update, anymore”

That changed with windows 8 12 years ago.

“I can’t uninstall all sorts of things, anymore”

Unless you installed the embedded versions of windows you've never been able to do that, best you could do was turn like 5 things off in the features screen.

“I can’t even use my perfectly fine laptop of 6 years old, anymore”

I wouldn't call your computer not getting updates so you install a different OS "liberating" it.

Also your computer not getting updates doesn't magically turn it into a brick, you can still use it just fine. This is something I've never understood. As long as your web browser still gets updates that's the biggest security vulnerability that I'd be afraid of. Chrome supported Windows 7 until 109 in 2023, and Firefox ESR is still going until September this year. 10th gen and older intel machines don't get graphics updates anymore, are those machines ewaste? Shit some shitty laptops never get bios updates and there's a whole host of vulnerabilities there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That changed with windows 8 12 years ago.

Oh yeah, it's been a gradual process.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

And not to mention specific equipment such as train management that uses Windows XP, Windows 98 or 95. Just one example.