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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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[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Oh no, the kernel will lose a whopping 200k SLOC!

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Out of 27 million lines of code.

[–] Killing_Spark@feddit.de 29 points 1 year ago

Which makes it 1% total. Which is a lot for one single change

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 7 points 1 year ago

Most of it in drivers.

You know, like the light novel with 12GB, 11.9GB of it in png.

[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] unique_hemp@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago

source lines of code