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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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[–] aard@kyu.de 10 points 2 years ago

autoMemoryReclaim – Makes the WSL VM shrink in memory as you use it by reclaiming cached memory

This could finally make WSL2 somewhat usable - though at least for my usecases living in the Windows namespace as is the case with WSL1 is still more beneficial, even if that finally works.

[–] macallik@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Say what you will about the seemingly 'half-pregnant' approach, but I'm running a Debian laptop/desktop/server thanks to being able to dip my toes in via WSL (and truly testing the water via Crostini that did the trick).

Today's WSL user is tomorrow's Linux convert after a few more negative articles and BSODs

[–] Lantern@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Microsoft ❤️ Linux Refuses to port their applications over

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] starman@programming.dev 15 points 2 years ago

Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power