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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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Do you think Linux popularity will be slow steady growth or a big a jump in popularity (lemmy.ml)

submitted 16 hours ago by RavenofDespair@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Will I wake up one day to see everyone using Linux.

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[–] tomalley8342@lemmy.world 14 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

You can also take a look at twitter where only a negligible amount of people migrated to free alternatives, most of the people who wanted to migrate did so to another mainstream platform owned by a for-profit company, and most people didn't actually care to migrate no matter what the platform owners did.

[–] morto@piefed.social 4 points 13 hours ago

I believe a lot of them went to reddit, and that explains how it has been growing since the latest changes