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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When it comes to closed-source software developed opaquely by for-profit corporations, particularly the huge, monolithic ones like Microsoft, I generally have the attitude that, if I do discover a problem:

They won't take my detailed report
If they do take my report, it goes straight into a shredder bin (or a massive queue where low priority problems go to die, which may as well be the same thing)
If they do read my report, then it's likely something they already are aware of
If they don't know about it somehow, the issue is probably so low-priority and niche that it wouldn't escape the backlog anyway

Probably not nearly as bleak as I make it out. But when you can't see the process, how can you tell?

With open source projects, these things can all still happen, but at least the process is more transparent. You can see exactly where your issue is, and what's been done to it so far, if anything. Other users can discover and vouch for your problem. And if the dev team takes pull requests, and you are willing, able, and permitted to contribute, you can make the fix yourself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Also, with open source projects, I actually want to help the developer improve their project, whereas with Windows I simply do not care and won't donate a second of my time to a large corporation for free.