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ELI5: What the heck is linux? (lazysoci.al)

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I'm old. I don't understand it.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Literally everything depends on it. It has to account for a lot of variables. It has to be compatible forward and backward. There’s also a lot of personalities involved in its development and they all need to get along.

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