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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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Red Hat / Fedora drama? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Kaidao@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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What do you all think of the Red Hat drama a few months ago? I just learned about it and looked into it a bit. I’ve been using Fedora for a while now on my main system, but curious whether you think this will end up affecting it.

My take is that yes, it’s kinda a shitty move to do but I get why RH decided to stop their maintenance given they’re a for profit company.

What do you guys think? Do you still use or would you consider using Fedora?

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[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I recently started using a fedora based distro. Specifically bazzite which is one of the read only root distros and a drop in replacement for steam os on deck and PC. In the grand scheme of things I don't really see the read hat stuff changing much. Canonical does shit the community at large doesn't like too but people keep using Ubuntu and it's deranged and deformed babies. I mainly used arch(, btw) for a long time but I really don't have any attachments to any particular distro and can switch at any time, like I have recently for consistency between my main computers and steam deck.