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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).

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[–] stown@sedd.it 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

Excuse my misunderstanding. I thought that Fedora was based on RHEL and didn't realize the reality was closer to being exactly the opposite.

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[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 1 point 3 years ago

It is exactly the opposite. Fedora -> Stream (how dare they call this abomination CentOS) -> RHEL.

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