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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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Most of us hate Microsoft, and yet many of us use VSCode (lemm.ee)

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I get that it's open source provided you use codium not code but I still find that interesting

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[–] lameJake@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

I'm in my 6th semester and use neovim so no it's not mostly around for people who got used to it back in the day. A lot of my fellow students use it as well. It's the only editor I use because you can use it to edit a single file as well as a whole project and everything is always how I want it to be. Also once you get used to it I guarantee you, you will wonder how people navigate code only using mouse and the arrow keys. It is just a beauty to quickly copy a code block or change a word with 3 keystrokes.