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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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They're in their 60's, finally convinced them.

They say things like "This is the same..."

and I'm like

"Ya because that's Firefox, the only program you use..."

"What was Windows even doing for us?"

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

What ever happened to Open Office? That used to be the defacto replacement to Microsoft Office. I haven't used office tools on a personal computer in over a decade though, so I'm very out of the loop there.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

LibreOffice is as far as I know a continuation of OpenOffice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Thanks. Can that still be installed on Windows systems?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago