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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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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Learning vim seems like a right of passage or something.

Yes, I think every developer is dropped into vim unexpectedly at some point (eg. git)... "What is this? How do I close it?!?!"