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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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5 years ago Valve released Proton forever changing Linux gaming (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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Happy birthday, Proton!

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Not to belittle their work, but the majority of stuff that made up proton wasn't theirs back then (basically wine+dxvk did the heavy lifting). They owned up to it in the end, paying driver developers and hiring dxvk authors and if I'm not mistaken also fund some wine work. A rather successful open source story but they aren't the initial driving force.