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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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I get that it's open source provided you use codium not code but I still find that interesting

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[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Please look up "Embrace, extend, extinguish". VScode is open-source for now, but all the microsoft extensions you need to turn it into an IDE have DRM on them and microsoft puts work into trying to make those extensions not work with VScode forks.

WSL is the same thing. They start by embracing linux and soon they'll start installing MS crap into the guest system or shipping their own distro that's filled with it. This is the extend part. The final goal is to extinguish desktop linux and make everything WSL to be able to track it all and harvest shitloads of data.