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@MK2boogaloo I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!

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Tyler (tyler@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Feb-2024 16:51:32 JST

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this is literally my mousepad

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lamp (lamp@kitty.haus)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Feb-2024 16:59:36 JST

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@tyler @MK2boogaloo @Cocoa

@INSTALLGENTOO

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New Janny in Town (mk2boogaloo@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Feb-2024 17:00:08 JST

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@lamp @INSTALLGENTOO @Cocoa @tyler he's on @gentooP now.

lamp (lamp@kitty.haus)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Feb-2024 17:00:42 JST

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@MK2boogaloo @INSTALLGENTOO @Cocoa @tyler @gentooP but now that doesnt match the meme

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lamp (lamp@kitty.haus)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Feb-2024 17:05:54 JST

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@tyler @Cocoa @INSTALLGENTOO @MK2boogaloo hmm fse ded

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gentooP (gentoop@social.mikutter.hachune.net)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 05:28:58 JST

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@MK2boogaloo @INSTALLGENTOO @lamp @Cocoa @tyler also FSE is down, idk if the user accounts will still be there intact when it comes back anyways. I'll be on miku.minna in the meantime

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Zergling_man (zergling_man@sacred.harpy.faith)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 13:39:09 JST

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@gentooP @tyler @Cocoa @lamp @INSTALLGENTOO @MK2boogaloo User accounts will still be in, public posts will still be in, follows/followers should still be in. Private posts won't be in I think. Most media should be in, except a certain period, and I'm not sure what that period is (I think something like "since last backup before revolver started handling media").

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Zergling_man (zergling_man@sacred.harpy.faith)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 13:43:48 JST

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