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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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XZ Utils is back on GitHub and Lasse Collin has been unbanned (github.com)

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[–] [email protected] 276 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Commit 77a294d

Update maintainer and author info. The other maintainer suddenly disappeared.

Lmao, that's putting it lightly.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

- Backdoors are bad for security.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Hmm yes.

The floor is made out of floor

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I like how the first point made is that the backdoor violates the Debian Free Software Guidelines, as if that's the main problem

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