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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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Now that both #Twitter and #Reddit have been short-sighted enough to burn through the goodwill of many users and communities, I (hachyderm.io)

submitted 1 year ago by michelin@hachyderm.io to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Now that both #Twitter and #Reddit have been short-sighted enough to burn through the goodwill of many users and communities, I wonder if it's time for distributions like @fedora and @centos - who were latecomers to the #Fediverse - to embrace #Lemmy ?

Let's see if I succeed in posting this to @linux as well - to see if Mastodon<->Lemmy interop works as well as it seems to do with another Lemmy community

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem is a lot of entities like Fedora or CentOS want to be as loud as possible to attract a userbase. Lemmy and Mastodon are user-friendly, but they won't help Linux attract the masses

[–] fedora@fosstodon.org 2 points 1 year ago

@OsrsNeedsF2P @michelin while we do want to be active on other social media platforms, Mastodon is actually our most active channel right now!