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 # Linux
 
+*Not to be [confused](often_confused.md) with [GNU](gnu.md)/Linux.*
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 { At this point it's best to start using a different kernel if you can. Consider BSD or Hurd maybe. ~drummyfish }
 
 Linux (also Lunix or Loonix, named after its original creator [Linus Torvalds](linus_torvalds.md)) is a partially "[open-source](open_source.md)" [unix-like](unix_like.md) [operating system](operating_system.md) [kernel](kernel.md), probably the most successful "mostly [FOSS](foss.md)" kernel, nowadays already killed by [capitalism](capitalism.md) and not worth using anymore. One of its greatest advantages was support of a lot of [hardware](hardware.md); it ran besides others on [x86](x86.md], [PowerPC](ppc.md), [Arm](arm.md), had many [drivers](driver.md) and could be compiled to be quite small so as to run well even on very weak computers. **Linux is NOT an operating system**, only its basic part -- for a whole operating system more things need to be added, such as some kind of [user interface](ui.md) and actual user programs (so called [userland](userland.md)), and this is what [Linux distributions](linux_distro.md) do (there hundreds of these) -- Linux distributions, such as [Debian](debian.md), [Arch](arch.md) or [Ubuntu](ubuntu.md) are complete operating systems (but beware, most of them are not fully [FOSS](foss.md)). The mascot of the project is a penguin named [Tux](tux.md) (under some vague non-standard [license](license.md)). Linux is one of the biggest collaborative programming projects, as of now it has more than 15000 contributors. Despite popular misconceptions **Linux is [proprietary](proprietary.md) software** by containing [binary blobs](binary_blob.md) -- completely free distributions have to use forks that remove these (see e.g. [Linux-libre](linux_libre.md), [Debian](debian.md)'s Linux fork etc.). Linux is also **greatly [bloated](bloat.md)** (though not anywhere near [Windows](windows.md) and such) and **[tranny software](tranny_software.md)**, abusing technology as a vehicle for promoting [harmful politics](sjw.md). While back in the day Linux was one of the coolest projects, by 2024 **Linux is absolute shit**, it has [code of censorship](coc.md), it's hijacked by capitalism, developed by corporations and fascists ([feminists](feminism.md), [LGBT](lgbt.md), ...), overcomplicated, commercialized, full of [Rust](rust.md) code; there are already even backdoor popping in (see the 2024 XZ scandal), basically it's almost unusable now. The spirit, significance, journey and eventual fate of Linux are similar to e.g. [Wikipedia](wikipedia.md).