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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.

Created July 14, 2017
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Asterism probably

Me everytime my partner opens her macbook.

Extremely Likely (arch btw)

Alpine Linux Cool Cat

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Richard Stallman Sigma male grindset

Not again Manjaro, not again...

Linux users trying to connect to wifi

Everyone's first experience with Linux

I'd rather use GNOME than this KDE+macOS abomination

root

shutdown

Or as I call it, systemd/GNU/Linux, or Syslignuxd for short

Debian fortified with Iodine

How to hack

rtl8821ae is a nightmare to deal with, without non-free drivers

DJ Stallman

The day you ping 8.8.8.8 to see if your network is up

Gentoo

Inb4 "Arch is actually super stable"

Linux customizations be like

If you asked that in OpenBSD, they would've probably killed themselves first

Maybe if you used more than just two fingers...

Dual-booting is for the weak

Never forget