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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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That's the power of Linux. It can work for decades without issues.
Eh, plenty of dos machines still used in banks and industry. It’s both scary and impressive. I have worked on cnc machines only a few years back that were from the 80s I think. The data transfer between the computer and the machine used a band of paper that had holes punched into it by a printer like device physically attached to the computer.
Good old times.
Or 5 minutes and you pull your hairs out 😂 then reinstall because you screw up something without any idea how to fix it.
Any OS can break and need reinstalling if you screw stuff up, but the majority of them would have a hard time running constantly for almost a decade without so much as a side glance.
You can screw up Windows Server too. My comment wasn't about that.
I know