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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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Ubuntu in the corner, crying.
Linux users: "Stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself!"
Ubuntu is a linux distro. I dont get the joke you're trying to make.
I can't speak to it as a desktop environment, but as server, the default customizations around packages are just... Strange. I need to move to Debian at some point.