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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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KDE's New Distro: Btrfs-Based, Immutable Linux OS, with Flatpak and Snap (linuxiac.com)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The main difference to your examples is that an "immutable OS" is in fact mutable, while none of your examples describe themselves with an adjective that is contradicting with their function/inner workings.

Flatpak is a pretty good name, because it makes software flat in the sense that it avoids having a (tall) dependency tree.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 35 minutes ago

I installed Bottles, but was disappointed when it didn't actually have anything to do with bottles.

If you think every name of every product, etc., is going to be literal... you're gonna have a tough time in life.