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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 3 months ago (3 children)

There's modern terminals?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I think we call them thin clients now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah, they're mostly bits of hardware that turn ttl/serial into a USB device. Then you can use minicom or dterm to connect to the host. Mostly used for embedded development, but also useful for debugging servers that are not connecting to the network without having to lug a keyboard and screen.

After they're connected, if they speak vt110, your terminal emulator can display everything properly

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

Do you know what a terminal is?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah. But the article describes terminal emulators.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

hahaah. Ok sure you win. Linux TTY's are absolutely not terminals. Sure they are called terminals, they are for all intents and purposes modern-day terminals with a long and storied history that directly links them to terminals from the 70's but since they aren't a physical piece of hardware that electro-mechanically connects to a mainframe, obviously they aren't really terminals and they should be be called something else.